It’s that time of year–graduation is already upon us! And that means a flood of new PR grads will soon be knocking on your doors looking for that first job.

Since none of us have gotten to the spots we are today without a little help, Kevin and I thought we’d give back and dole out a few pieces of advice for this year’s PR and journalism grads in this edition of the Talking Points Podcast.

Enjoy!

SHOW NOTES – May 7, 2015

Arik Hanson – “The commencement speech I would have given (if Winona State had asked)”

http://www.arikhanson.com/2015/05/06/the-commencement-speech-i-would-have-given-if-winona-state-had-asked

Kevin Hunt – “3 things I’d put in a commencement speech”

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/3-things-id-put-commencement-speech-kevin-hunt

“Tide’s #OurColors NFL Draft Day Twitter campaign: Boom or bust?”

http://www.arikhanson.com/2015/05/04/tides-ourcolors-nfl-draft-day-twitter-campaign-boom-or-bust/

“Can’t We Stop Using Vacuous Qualifiers Like “Best,” “Leading” and “Greatest”? Quantify Your Efforts to Communicate Success”

https://www.bulldogreporter.com/dailydog/article/thought-leaders/can-t-we-stop-using-vacuous-qualifiers-like-best-leading-and-greate

“BuzzFeed Just Cracked the Code on How Social Content Spreads, and It’s a Big Deal”

http://contently.com/strategist/2015/04/29/buzzfeed-just-cracked-the-code-on-how-social-content-spreads-and-its-a-big-deal/?utm_source=TCSdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=buzzfeed_pound

“Extra, extra: Grumpy journalism refugees are (often) bad at branded content”

http://digiday.com/publishers/extra-extra-grumpy-journalism-refugees-often-bad-branded-content/