Tough Times For the Unemployed

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There’s no doubt about it, finding a job in this economy is still extremely difficult. Upon searching post, after listing, after offer, after lead, I am still an unemployed college grad.
When the United States entered its recession, the unemployment rate soared from 4.8% to 9.7% (more than [...]

Kanye Creates Trouble for His Publicist

Part of being a publicist means dealing with crisis management. Especially if you do publicity of Kanye West.
Many of us remember the stunt he pulled at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Swine Flu Creates Trouble for WSU

As WSU began fall semester in August, 2009, warnings of a swine flu outbreak were all over. Living so closely with 20,000 other students put us all at risk.
However, the media seemed to blow things out of proportion. International students were receiving phone calls from parents across the world to see if they were OK. [...]

Focus Groups

I just conducted my first focus group today for the WSU College of Engineering and Architecture. I had participated in focus groups before, but it is a very different experience being on the other side of things. It’s difficult not to talk or comment on what the group is saying but just encourage them to [...]