On
Wednesday November 13, 2013 Ann Knabe a professor at the University of Wisconsin
Whitewater gave students an amazing opportunity to meet Public
Relation professionals.
To
kick off the event we had a keynote speaker Jeff Carrigan from Big Shoes
Network. In his keynote, Carrigan wanted us answer two of the most
common questions that he gets, which are, “oh no, I’m graduating now
what?” and “how do I stand out in an interview?”
This
event was held at the Hudson Business Lounge in the Old 3rd Ward in Milwaukee,
here the students where given a chance to do two “formal interviews” and one
informational interview. After each mock interview we had to for some feedback about
our interviewing skills, as well as recommendations for us post graduation.
For
my ‘mock’ interviews I first met with Steve
Staedler who gave me some great advise on how to improve my writing. My
second interview was with Melissa
Bohl form GE
Healthcare. Bohl gave me great feed back on my interviewing skills and gave
me a tip on where to apply for an internship (which I greatly appreciated).
Lastly I had my information interview with Brittany
Dorfner who is the Account Executive at Trefoil Group. Dorfnor was full on
energy and opened my eyes to a job possibility of Brand Building, which would utilize
my minor.
Looking
back at that night I really feel as though I connected on a personal and
professional level with each of the three people that I had talked to. All of
them were so caring and I really feel as though they were there because they
really wanted to help us, not just because Professor Knabe had asking them to.
After finishing the interviews I felt very confident with my interviewing
skills and look forward to interviewing for a ‘real’ job or internship.
I
really appreciate Ann’s hard work putting and I would love to be able to do
this again.
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To see Jeff Carrign's answers check out my website.
