This senior capstone course has been a huge help this semester in setting me up for success in the future. I gained a lot of knowledge on how to interview for jobs, what my resume and portfolio should look like, creating my personal professional brand, gained an amazing mentor, and lastly learned more about myself …
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Talk, Talk, Talk.
I had a conversation with one of my roommates. He is a teacher at an elementary school and normally has a few stories about his day with his students. This time he had a particularly difficult day with some of his students. I am someone who enjoys talking with others but, also I tend to …
Where will my path take me?
I really appreciated Bridget Thoreson’s view on one’s professional journey. I agree with her in that thinking of my career as climbing a ladder is stressful and it puts a lot of pressure myself. Thinking of my journey like a river makes the journey not seem so bad. This way of thinking shows you there …
Elevator Pitch
I enjoyed doing the elevator pitch because I learned how to be precise and to the point while speaking. I have never been very good at getting to the point when telling stories and while doing an elevator pitch, time is of the essence. According to a career helping website, “Your elevator speech should be …
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
Bobbi Brown had quite the experience getting to where she is today. It started off with her being inspired by her mother doing her makeup when she was growing up. Bobbi never felt glamourous like her mother though. The thing that changed her outlook on life was when she saw the movie Love Story with …
Move, Shake, Disrupt, Repeat.
Creativity can come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. A good way to see what your creative type is, is by taking the Adobe Creative Type quiz. After taking this unique quiz I found out that my creative type was the Innovator. After reading what the Innovator encompasses, I have to say there are …
Entrepreneurship 101
Entrepreneur is a word that is used so broadly nowadays. We hear this word used quite often but what is being an entrepreneur really? In technical terms, “An entrepreneur is someone with a market-driven pursuit of a conceptual idea, who seeks a viable business model that succeeds in a target market” (Jan Schaffer). In other …
JRM 327 Final Blog!
This semester in JRM 327 we learned so many new things about the world of social media. One of my favorite things that we did was the social media simulation. I enjoyed being a social media manager during the simulation. It was a lot of good hands on learning and I learned a lot of …
“Canceled”
Social media can me such an awesome thing and many people enjoy it but it can also be a dark place where people literally will have their lives ripped apart. Don’t get me wrong, social media does have lots of positivity that is spread on it but there is also a lot of horribly rude …
All About the Influence
Influencers are a huge part of social media now a days. There’s no denying it. Most likely if you have an Instagram or Twitter account you are probably following at least one influencer. Usually the type of influencers you follow either do something you are interested in or you look up to. I mean… it …
Isabelle's Creighton Blog! 