On December 12 PRSSA teamed up with the Communication Department’s Society of Professional Journalists for a holiday-spirited social to finish off another great semester! An evening of laughs, smiles, and delicious potluck food was a perfect way to take a break from the stress of finals. While watching the beloved movie Elf, members nibbled on an array of snacks, from savory meatballs to cheese/crackers and pumpkin pie. Some came dressed in their holiday’s worst, with ugly Christmas sweaters, bright red skinny jeans, and homemade bow earrings, while others gawked at the idea of dressing to un-impress. Once everyone was stuffed and the laughing imposed by the great Will Ferrell became too much to bear, both organizations participated in a volunteer project to give back this holiday season. In support of our brave, admirable US military, students created and decorated homemade, personalized cards for troops. This year, PRSSA and SPJ chose to donate the cards to Operation Welcome Home Maryland (OWHMD), an organization that floods Baltimore-Washington International airport’s terminals as troops’ flights arrive home on American soil throughout the year. A well-deserving organization, OWHMD puts together snack bags for each hero that comes through terminal to a grand welcome home event, put on just for them. The snack bags contain items such as chips, cookies, candy, granola bars, water, an OWHMD card, and a homemade welcome home card. Each service member receives a welcome home bag as they walk down the hero’s line of claps, high-five, pats on the back, and outrageous cheering. For more information on the commendable work of Operation Welcome Home Maryland, visit OWHMD.org, call 410-630-1555, or visit their Facebook page.
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For those wondering what Winter Meetings is, it's where MLB General Managers and other MLB executives gather to talk about the successes and shortcomings from the previous season, and start planning for the next season.
Let me begin with the experience as a whole, and then, provide some tips for others that may be interested in going to the winter meetings. Throughout the four-day experience I managed to get one interview, but gained a whole lot more through just talking. As a communication major, talking is what we are “good” at, so I decided to try that out. When I could, I would sit down near someone and ask how their search was going and the conversation simply rolled from there. I met people from all over the country, with different fields of interest; I met a guy looking for a job in sales from JMU, another public relations job searcher from a small college in St. Louis, and a guy interested in broadcasting who was working with a minor league hockey team in California. So, even if PR isn’t your niche, there are plenty other options available at the winter meetings. Now, let's get back to my experience. My interview was with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (double-A affiliate of the Blue Jays), and even though the job was set to start in April, I decided to take a chance to get some interviewing experience, and experience I got! It was a textbook interview; normal questions were asked (i.e. what is your experience? What did you do at these jobs? Etc.). The interview ended with the interviewer saying he was “very impressed by my resume, that he will keep me in mind if options in May open up,” and gave me his card. Even though I didn’t get the job or a callback, I still got my name in the top of his mind, which was more than I was hoping for. I had put my resume in with other positions on offer, but given my graduation date, most were set to start in January, but that doesn’t mean they wouldn’t lead to future full-time consideration. In regards to the other positions I signed up for, their position postings had the interviewers email address and phone number listed, so in the near future (Monday) I will send him an email inquiring about their opening. Finally, it was a great learning experience, even though I got the minimum out of it. If I were graduating in December, the winter meanings would have been much more beneficial but I don’t regret making the trip at all. I had a great time, met some great people, saw people from my internship with MLB and I got to take pictures with some celebs (not Curt Schilling, I told him to take his bloody sock somewhere else, sorry my bias is showing!). Okay now for some tips when attending the winter meetings: 1. Don’t be afraid to spend I know as college kids we always complain about how broke we are and can’t do anything fun, so let me start off by saying this: throw that out the window for career building! This week, I did just that and attended the 2012 Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tennessee. 2. Get there early On the winter meetings website they suggest job fair attendee’s arrive on Saturday to figure out where they need to go and to attend the business seminars held on Sunday The hotel (Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center) was absolutely stunning; it took me a whole day of aimlessly walking to get my bearings. It was more like a city than a hotel. My advice, regardless of the size of the hotel, when you are planning to go to a job fair (big or small) get their a day or two in advance and map out where you will need to go the day of the fair. 3. Job Fair The job fair is a whole host of events combined under one name and runs from Sunday to Wednesday. 1. Sunday’s events are optional but highly recommended by the PBEO (host of the job fair), as they give you tips on how to take full advantage of what the job fair offers. 2. Business of baseball workshops and seminars 3. Hold round table discussions on topics of Sales, Community Relations, and Media Relations etc. ii. Most jobs will begin in January or April and a good amount of them are internships iii. Enter with an open mind |
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