Careers

  • Social Media Career Guide; Strategist vs Specialist

    Almost all of you may still be conflicted on what to do with your communications degree, and that’s okay. It might come to you overnight or it might come to you when you’re 50.  The communications field is so multifaceted therefore allowing more freedom in choosing your dream job. You could be a social media

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  • Is a Career in Sales Right For Me?

    Communication Studies is such an amazing major because there are so many paths for possible careers upon graduation. If you are majoring in Communication Studies, I will automatically assume you are outgoing, up to date and interested in new media, and have excellent aural and writing skills. Sound like you? Then you may want to

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  • Career Guide: Executive Producer

    Yes, an Executive Producer So what can you do with your brand-new communications degree? There is actually an exceptionally wide variety of things one can do with a communications degree. One of those things is to become an executive producer. An executive producer oversees hiring, managing, and organizing of a production –  and make big

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  • Career Guide: Associate Account Manager

    What is an Associate Account Manager? An Associate Account Manager wears many different hats within a company. Depending on the area of company, the account manager will have different responsibilities. However, their biggest job is acting as the communicator between different departments. The Associate Account Manager responsibilities focus on financials and revenue growth. He or

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  • Career Guide: Digital Communications Manager

    Your Dream Job as a Digital Communications Manager Being in college can be very stressful and knowing what you want to do when you graduate could be difficult. With that being said, a communication degree can lead you to your dream job. A Digital Communications Manager is a vital part of a company, and is

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  • Career Guide: Digital Strategy Careers Made Easy

    Although digital strategy careers are quite sought after, there is lot of confusion regarding what they are exactly. Alongside understanding the definition of digital strategy, there are differences that separate it from close relatives. These two relatives being content strategist and social media strategist. Gaining a full understanding of the differences regarding these three will help

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  • Career Guide: Social Media Strategist

    Social Media Strategist Overview: Calling all communication studies majors and minors. Have you found a career path worth pursuing? Well, if you like writing, content creation, and a fast past environment focused on social media and digital marketing, this is the job for you. Social Media is a highly competitive, fast growing industry and according

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  • Career Guide: What is a Chief Marketing Officer?

    Why does a company need a Chief Marketing Officer? The power behind marketing is on the rise.  If you are looking for a career in marketing there could not be a more perfect time for you to join the expanding field than now.  With the various platforms now available it is statistically proven that having

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  • Practice Administrator: Communication in Healthcare

    Most people think that you can’t do much with your Communication Studies degree after graduation, but they’re totally wrong! Careers in communication don’t always have to do with social media, or marketing per say. There are so many different opportunities in Communication Studies that aren’t even advertised. One thing I always look for when job

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  • Sports Writer Job: A Guide to Obtaining a Job in the Sports World

    Sports Make The World Go Round! In 2017, it is almost impossible not to hear news about some sport from around the world. Events like the Olympics, the World Baseball Classic, and the FIFA World Cup bring hundreds of thousands of fans together to cheer on their home teams. Children are learning to shoot a basketball

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  • 4 Internship Benefits

    Many students attend college in order to find a career in the future. Internships are a great way to help prepare college students for the real world, and can sometimes get them a job on the spot. Most college students have a fear that they will not be able to find a job right out

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  • How To Turn Your Internship Into A Career

    Here is Stephanie Euler’s story about how she turned her internship into her career. Getting a job right out of school is something every college student dreams of. For Stephanie Euler, that dream became a reality when she turned her internship into a paid position. Stephanie attended West Chester and graduated in 2016 with her

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  • What is a Social Media Strategist?

    What can I do with my communications degree? Some of you may be wondering, ‘what can I do with my communications degree?’. I was wondering that same thing. In fact, I set out to answer this age old question and to clarify what jobs are out there for communications majors. To gain some insight, I

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  • 4 tips on how to score your first internship

    Author: Kristina Kaighn So you’ve just changed majors, its your sophomore year of college, and you’ve realized that the path you’ve been on is not one you hope to end up on forever. If you’re anything like me, or millions of other college students throughout the world, you’ve gone through this dilemma before. Figuring out

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