Mary Grayson Spence is studying public relations at Georgia Southern University. She has held leadership positions in her sorority, where she has learned skills in networking, communication, and time management. She is knowledgeable about various social media tools and is described as a hardworking, organized, and professional people person. Spence enjoys learning about her personality type through the MBTI and gaining insight into potential career paths, many of which involve working with people, matching her interests. Through her public relations course, she has connected with professionals in the field and identified resources like her university's career center and LinkedIn to aid her job search. Spence reflects that the course helped her improve her organization, time management, and awareness of support available as

1. By Mary Grayson Spence

2. I am currently studying
Public Relations at Georgia
Southern University, where I
am a member of a national
organization Kappa Kappa
Gamma. I have held
numerous leadership
positions in this
organization, and have
learned networking, people
skills, and time management.
I am knowledgeable on
multiple social media tools.
People would describe me as
a people person, a hard
worker, organized, and being
highly professional.
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3. I like taking the MBTI to see what my calculated personality is, and what it’s
advantages and disadvantages are. One challenge the MBTI showed me is
that I tend to make decisions to please others, and the suggested strategy
was to think about my goals before making decisions. A lot of my suggested
jobs had to do with dealing with people which showed me I am on the right
career path as a Public Relations major. Community and social services

4. PUBLIC RELATIONS
Public Relations is a major
under the college of liberal
arts and social sciences. It is
the professional maintenance
of a favorable public
image by a company or other
organization or a famous
person.
I can read people easily and know how to promote people, companies, or
objects
I have taken my intro to PR course and have become close with Lisa Muller, a
PR graduate and Lawyer. Through this class I have also met Thersa Duggar,
my career development specialist
Chosen Career

5. RESOURCES FOR THE JOB SEARCH
1. Connections -
People I have met
through school,
teachers, or sorority to
help get my name and
personal brand out
there
2. Eagle CareerNet-
To show me who and
who and where is hiring
and to get my resume
out there for employers
3. Linkedin- A great
social media tool to
connect with employers
and people in my field

6. REFLECTION AND SELF-
ASSESSMENT
I learned a lot in this course. I
learned about myself; my
strengths and my weaknesses,
and I learned more about how
to be prepared for the career
path I have chosen. This class
has made me more organized
and helped with my time
management, and learn more
about the resources that I have
at hand. I have improved in all
of these areas and surprised
myself with how well I did in
this course. If I could do it all
again, there isn’t much I would
do differently except make my
friends who could use some of
these resources take the class
with me