In today’s world, it’s likely that you will have a virtual internship or job interview. Even though you’re working from home it is important to treat this like you are meeting in person. First impressions are important, as are seconds and thirds. Here are 5 tips and tricks to help you to look your best on Zoom.
Homecoming brought together multiple generations of SMU Mustangs to celebrate their alma mater. For CCPA majors and alumni alike, the weekend’s festivities started with the Owen Fine Arts Center renovation kickoff. To end the night, alumni caught up with college friends and professors at the CCPA alumni happy hour.
This week SMU CCPA students had the extraordinary opportunity to engage with key leaders in the communication industry including CCPA Advisory Board members, for two hours of power networking.
More than 35 students met with executives from corporate, agency, and non-profit organizations, gaining insight into careers in those fields. Some of the professionals onhand offered critiques on resumes and answered questions about student LinkedIn profiles.
Direct interaction with professionals in an informal environment is actually rare for many students. So this event was a rare opportunity to get important advice from successful communicators.
Everyone attending the CCPA Networking Event was impressed with the active engagement
We’ve been back to school for one day, and the relaxation we finally achieved over fall break is already fading. Cleaning out the inbox, opening the planner, and checking the syllabi has every student in a frenzy. If you are already counting down the 38 days until Thanksgiving, keep reading for places you can hide when stress levels spike and you need some alone time.
There is nothing worse than hearing a phone or laptop crash to the floor. You stop breathing, your heart skips a beat and everyone around stops and looks to see who it was that just had such terrible luck.
You can take most of the pain out of this moment by protecting your precious devices with hard cases and keyboard covers.
We all depend on our cherished devices, especially our Mac laptops and iPhones. So if something bad happens to them, we scream an anguished cry. And, as you would expect, it always happens at the worst possible times.
Try these fairly simple and affordable tips and your cry of anguish will be a bit less anguished and things will get back to normal much quicker.