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Careers Centre : July Up-to-the-minute advice and resources to help you develop your career
This month's Help Desk : FREELANCE WORKING Discover the pros and cons of being a comms freelancer
A Day in the Life of... Dom Whitehurst Technology PR After working for two regional PR companies in Nottingham, Dom Whitehurst relocated to London and, presumably by combining his scientific background with his communications skills, found himself working at two great technology PR agencies.
Blogging Masterclass Legendary PR blogger Tom Murphy's fascinating guide
How to survive the credit crunch And what it might mean for your career
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> Dom Whitehurst, Technology PR > Stephen Waddington, Agency MD > James Kingsley, comms manager at investment fund manager at Marwyn > Tom Murphy - PR Blogger > Roman Townsend, Penrose > Talia Druker, Finsbury > Philip Ost, Alliance Boots > Tim Callington, Edelman > Ben Matthews, Waughton > An agency Account Executive > Charles Reynolds, Madano Partnership > Charlotte Elston, Aegis > Kate Hinksman, Vodafone > A PR GP > Ash Spiegelberg, Brunswick > Agency+in-house IRO
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Social networks = career networks? Are you a Facebook junkie or resisting your friends' pleas to join the networking revolution? Can social networking help your career? We posed that question to Sarah Stimson, blogger, PR recruiter and creator of online Facebook group PR Job Watch. She explains the advantages - and possible dangers - of coming out in cyberspace.
FINANCETALKING REVEALED Miranda Lane of FinanceTalking is usually out and about in the corporate comms world, where she is dedicated to demystifying the world of finance to non-financial people. We grabbed some time with her to ask more about the company she founded and why financial training is so important.
HEADHUNTING MASTERCLASS Readers tell us they are intrigued and perplexed by the mysterious world of headhunting. We asked Taylor Bennett to give us the inside story. Meet Matthew Wall, Consultant and Katherine Cox, Senior Researcher
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