Saturday, February 5, 2011
PR is like Sex and the City...right?
Sex and the City glamorizes the life of the Public Realtions professional. Samantha prounces around at parties and bars looking faaaabulous. Reality check! PR is NOT sitting in limos and drinking cosmos with a celebrity. PR is NOT about looks, tight clothes and boobs. PR is hard work. Blood, sweat and tears-sorry for the cliche. As a naive freshman I never understood what PR actually was. I thought okay great, I'm a people person, I'm creative and I love the media. Naturally, Public Relations was the perfect major to decide on. Although these tools of my personality will come in handy in this profession there's more that's needed. Throughout the past four years at Hofstra as a PR major I've learned all the necessary things to be successful in the world of Public Relations. What I thought would be a fabulous profession will be fabulous, but I will definitely not be a Samantha, more like a struggling Public Relations graduate desperate to show the world what she's got. So bring it on world, I accept your challenge.
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Many people wrongly believe that PR is glamorous. What most people do not realize is that PR people are the ones doing all the "behind the scenes" work at glamorous events. They are the ones making arrangements, writing press releases and media alerts to get news coverage for the event, making sure everything runs smoothly, etc. Although I do not like how PR people's hard work sometimes goes unnoticed, it is appealing how it seems like everything is pulled off in a way that seems effortless (even though we PR students know this is not the case).
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