This week on Young PR Pros Kristine Simpson, Julia Kent and Molli Megasko chat about a subject that touches every young professional searching for a job: Where do I want to work?
Kristine caught an article by Bill Barnett on the Harvard Business Review called When Choosing a Job, Culture Matters.
Here is a quote from the article:
Some organizations will excite you. They’ll stimulate your success and growth. Others will be stressful. They may lead you to quit before you’ve accomplished much or learned what you hoped to. With the pressure (or excitement) of finding a new job, it’s all too easy to pursue a job opportunity or to accept an offer with only a hazy view of how the institution really operates. The path to an institution you’ll like is to investigate the culture you’re thinking of joining before you accept the position.
The article sparked a very interesting and engaging conversation between our three hosts about what a young pro should do when starting their career. Is it working at a small boutique firm, says Molli? Is it learning about the different fields in communications/pr/marketing and figuring out what sounds good for you, says Kristine? Or can we really control our career path, sometimes it just happens and we need to roll with the punches, says Julia?
You do not want to miss this conversation! Once you have tuned in let us know what you think. How do you think a young pro should build their career path? Can you really perfect this skill? Or do you just have to build on a map as you travel through the life of your career? Share your opinions by writing a comment below, or on our Facebook Page, or on our Google+ page, or send us an email at youngprpros@gmail.com, or send us a message on Twitter @youngprpros, @kristinesimpson, @kentjulia or @mollimegasko.