Episode 128: Building a portfolio

This episode is brought to you by… you: our listeners. Will, a listener and fan of the Young PR Pros podcast, sent us an email asking us for advice on putting together a portfolio to help him land his next Continue reading Episode 128: Building a portfolio

Episode 127: The 30-day challenge in a new job

The first 30 days are crucial in a new job. You can use these precious first days to form excellent first impressions that can lead to long-lasting relationships in your new organization. Young PR Pros calls this the 30-day challenge. Continue reading Episode 127: The 30-day challenge in a new job

Episode 126: Data or your gut, which should you trust?

Thank you to Ragan Awards for sponsoring today’s episode. If you’re seeking opportunities to accelerate your career in public relations, you should consider entering a Ragan Award program. Young PR Pros listeners will receive 20% off entry fees for these Continue reading Episode 126: Data or your gut, which should you trust?

Episode 125: How the Next Generation Can Fix Fake News

Thank you to Ragan Awards for sponsoring today’s episode. If you’re seeking opportunities to accelerate your career in public relations, you should consider entering a Ragan Award program. Young PR Pros listeners will receive 20% off entry fees for these Continue reading Episode 125: How the Next Generation Can Fix Fake News

Episode 124: 5 Career Tips that are Actually False

Thank you to Ragan Awards for sponsoring today’s episode. If you’re seeking opportunities to accelerate your career in public relations, you should consider entering a Ragan Award program. Young PR Pros listeners will receive 20% off of entry fees for Continue reading Episode 124: 5 Career Tips that are Actually False

Episode 123: The short week – productivity in less time

During the Industrial Revolution, factories needed to be running around the clock so employees during this era frequently worked between 10-16 hour days. In the 1920s however, Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company, decided to try something different: his Continue reading Episode 123: The short week – productivity in less time

Episode 122: How to Exercise your Brain

If this podcast were to go silent for 30 seconds, what would you do? Would you immediately switch over to another app, say Facebook, Instagram or Twitter to check what is going on until the podcast came back on air? Continue reading Episode 122: How to Exercise your Brain

Episode 121: Saying No to Toxic Clients

Our generation has been dubbed the “Start-up generation”. About one-third of young Canadians want to start their own businesses, according to a recent McGill report. Entrepreneurs are an important part of our economy, not just here in Canada, but around Continue reading Episode 121: Saying No to Toxic Clients

Episode 120: How to Fail

It is impossible to live without failing at something. Unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default. That is a quote from JK Rowling, British Continue reading Episode 120: How to Fail

Episode 119: Career milestones and a Special Anniversary

Career milestones. They shape us, define us, and test us. Career milestones can be good – like getting that promotion you have been aiming for – or bad – like messing up an interview, saying the wrong thing at the Continue reading Episode 119: Career milestones and a Special Anniversary