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So I haven’t blogged in, like, forever. Here’s the update:
- Left my job to go back to school
- Finished school
Lesson learned? Go for what you want the first time! After graduating from university two years ago, I decided I wanted to study PR. I got into a corporate communications program but decided I would start working instead, thinking I could network my way in to the industry.
After a year of working the graveyard shift at CNW Group, I found myself back at school again.
So I’m networking, keeping my eyes, ears and all other applicable body parts to the ground, hunting for my first PR/Communications job. Yesterday I met my girlfriend Marie for linner at School in Liberty Village to (gossip) talk working in PR, getting that first job and Yelp.
Lentil soup & biscuit, yum!
Peppered Cheese Burger. I'm gonna eat this.
I had the Lentil soup of the day (tastes better than it sounds) & biscuit to start, followed by the Peppered Cheese Burger. Everything came to about $23 including tip and a healthy sized Latte.
I got my own lesson in PR when the hot chef came over and gave us two free cupcakes! I guess he heard us talking about public relations and Yelp reviews and decided to do his own promo. I’ll be sure to talk loudly about public relations and Yelp at restaurants from now on. Free food tastes THE BEST.
Thanks for the pics, Marie!
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It’s the new hot thing; the documentary Good Hair by Chris Rock.
Although I commend Mr. Rock on covering this (I’ve always wanted to fly around the world to find out where weaves come from), I have to say, he’s a little late. I wrote an article about this issue a couple years ago for Sway magazine.
But good on you, Chris! It’s time we let the natural truth out!
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And start their own PR/Advertising agency.
This is giving me some major ideas.
New Agency: Birth of Lindsey Asp.
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I’ve been learning about strategic planning and was wondering about where else it could be applied… Well, someone else was obviously thinking the same thing and beat me to it!
Strategic planning for finding a job–love it.
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For my fellow PR Learner’s…
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It’s inevitable. When you’re moving from one place to the next, whether it be from school to job, or from one job to the next (or to no job), people will promise to ‘keep in touch’. In the past, I always agreed with a whole lot of hesitation. It doesn’t matter who–it could be a new friend from college or university, or a manager who could be a good reference, I promise to keep in touch knowing I probably won’t.
This past week it seems I’ve been reaching out to almost everybody. Old friends from school, past workplaces, even interviewers I really got along with. But it seems I haven’t gotten any responses. I realized I had the wrong number for one friend I meant to keep in touch with, but what about everybody else? It makes me wonder: Am I having a ‘failure to communicate’? When we say we’re going to keep in touch with someone, does that promise have an expiration date? After a couple weeks/months/years, does your promise to ‘keep in touch’ no longer apply?
As someone who has struggled with depression for years, I knew myself enough to know that I would never keep in touch no matter how many times I said it. It was the nature of the beast. Most of the time I didn’t want to talk to anyone, so why would I keep in touch? Of course I’ve never been honest about it. After hearing ‘keep in touch’, no one responds: “I would, but I’m depressed and I don’t have the energy for that.” I worry: Now that I’ve realized I do want to keep in touch, have my promises gone bad? Maybe it would be better to be honest and say “I suffer from depression sometimes and I go in to hiding, so I probably won’t keep in touch, but I’ll call you when I feel better!”
