So having scored a placement in the Yeadon based Direct Marketing Response company the Ashley Bolser Agency I am feeling quite content with my interviewing abilities. Having never had a real interview for an official position I was incredibly nervous and chatted myself through the nerves..which I think could have possibly won my interviewers over.
Over the last week I have been feeling very concerned about my employability at the end of my degree due to placement work.
At present (although this changes regularly) I am not intending on doing a year long placement as I would quite like to get out into the working world before the tender age of 24 (which is what I would be if I were to do a placement year).
Everyone seems so proactive and busy, I am fairly busy but find it difficult to fit everything in with having a regular part time job, placement and university work itself.
Does anyone else feel this pressure bearing down on them when sat in guest lectures and tutorials hearing about the various placements, experiences and published writing that others are getting involved in?
Also I was wondering if any PR employers could give me their opinion on the benefits of doing a placement year. Even though by the end of my degree I will have done at least six placements in a variety of places ranging from the voluntary sector to PR agencies and even magazine work.
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2 days ago
3 comments:
It's a lesson in public relations for me...
My colleagues and I can push, encourage and cajole students to find placements - but the real incentive comes through peer pressure (the fear that others might be getting ahead of you).
Just one thought on the placement year: 'a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush'. Graduate prospects will be uncertain for your year because of the economy; in light of that, the placement probably becomes more important.
All the PR practitioners that I have spoken to seem to agree that one of the most important things that PR students hold over non-PR students (like me) is the placement year. Just wish I could have had it as part of my course!
I really understand where your coming from with the pressure - up until January I was juggling exams, placement at MCG PR and then Quest PR, university and 20+ hours a week at River Island. It was exhausting! The best thing I did was quitting River Island. I'm just going to work a lot over the summer - right now uni and placement come first, after all, I don't want to become a full time retail assistant..
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