HAPPO Days Are Here Again
Sorry, couldn’t resist that. I felt a bit punny.
What is HAPPO? Oh, how quickly one forgets!
Here’s a reminder of how HAPPO started, but in a nutshell, it stands for “Help a PR Pro Out,” and is an initiative that uses social media to connect public relations job seekers with those who could employ them.
I’ve been part of the core group since Arik Hanson and Valerie Simon launched the initiative, and think it’s absolutely fab.
Tomorrow, a little over one year since HAPPO was launched, there will be several events taking place throughout the country to help job seekers with all sorts of things: résumé reviews, advice, as well as connecting them with potential employers.
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It’s a new year, and perhaps you’re starting a new job.
If you are, you have beaten the odds, and my hat is off to you!
But when you start a new job, particularly if you’re fresh out of school, how do you “do a good job” and yet not exhaust yourself?
It’s always tough when you have to move to a typical 9-5 work day when you’re not used to it.
My first memory of a new job
was when I was just out of high school.
I was a substitute teacher at the school my mom taught at for decades. I was a third grade “class teacher” (what you folks would call a homeroom teacher).
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Are you planning to add job seeking to your list of New Year’s resolutions?
I’ve been both sides of the interview table quite a bit.
But probably the time that I did the most interviewing was at my last job.
I was trying to build up a really well-rounded in-house communication team encompassing a range of communication disciplines, both internal and external.
Since said “last job” was for the oldest animal welfare organization in the United States, you’ll understand that we were rarely short of applicants.
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We were deluged by applications; when we had openings, when we didn’t have openings, when we had budget to hire, when we didn’t have budget. It was crazy.
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