Standing Out in the Cloud [PRESENTATION]
Yesterday, I had the privilege of speaking to some students at the Digital Skills Academy about employability, along with Kevin Walsh, a recent academy graduate (and success story), and Gary Ludgate, Technology Talent Acquisition Specialist at Paddy Power. For those unfamiliar with the DSA, it’s a government initiative located at The Digital Hub which More...
Tips for PR Students: Personal SEO [PART 2]
The modern day job interview no longer begins with a handshake. Instead, it now starts way before that with a Google search. Typically, potential employers will type in your name and ‘PR’ or related areas, see More...
10 LinkedIn Applications Every Student Should Know About
2011 has undoubtedly been a huge year for LinkedIn; growing beyond 120 million users, stock market flotation and a visit by President Obama among the many highlights. For me, the level of growth is perhaps More...
Q&A with Web Entrepreneur Michael Hussey
I recently caught up with web entrepreneur Michael Hussey to have a chat about PeekYou, the people search engine and his latest online venture, PeekScore . As someone who is interested in Personal SEO and online More...
Crowdsourcing a Presentation
I’ve been asked to speak at the CIPR Social Media Conference on 11 April 2011 at Russell Square, London where I’ll be running a short workshop called ‘10 Creative Ways to Create Impact Online’. I’ve got More...
Fantastic e-portfolio Tool Integrated with LinkedIn
I recently discovered (accidentally) a great e-portfolio service integrated with LinkedIn – it’s from Behance and called the Creative Portfolio Display. The application is not particularly new, having been More...
Graeme Anthony & THAT CV
I often post wonderful examples of graduates who have used innovative methods to land a job in the PR industry, however this week the spotlight can only be shone on one person. Graeme Anthony. The creativity, technical More...
10 Social Media #Epic #Fails
I’ve put together a presentation deck of 10 Social Media #Epic #Fails. It’s something I have been working on for a while and for the presentations I give, it often helps to include a few examples of More...
Landing a Job in the Digital World
I gave a presentation this week entitled ‘Landing a Job in the Digital World’ at Leeds Metropolitan University. The deck focused on using an e-portfolio, blog and social media to record achievement, More...
University Wises up to Personal SEO
I read an interesting article in Mashable last week reporting that Syracuse University in the United States has purchased subscriptions enabling its students to use Brand Yourself’s online reputation management More...
