Young PR Pros: Episode #52 - Finding the right fit

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Julia Kent is back from her holidays. She is well rested and thankfully avoided any sun burns!

A couple of weeks ago, Kristine Simpson attend Navigating Your Career: The first five years hosted by CPRS Ottawa-Gatineau.

For the next three episodes we will navigate through three stages of the first five years of a young professional's career. Along the way, we will hear from three experts.

The first stage is getting the job. We catch up with Ken Anderson, vice-president at Delta Media PR, who talks about how to determine the right fit for your first job. Ken says three things:

Target your approach. Find the organizations that fit your skills and interests.

In an interview tell them what specifically interests you about that company and why. This demonstrates your intelligence and eagerness for the job.

And finally, relate your education, experience and interest to what that organization does. Show them you are the right fit.

After his presentation we sat down with him and asked a few other questions, here is the full on YouTube.

You can also listen to his entire talk at Navigating Your Career, including his explanation of his famous CHIP & DIP approach to finding a job: http://traffic.libsyn.com/youngprpros/Ken_Anderson_Full_talk.mp3.

We want to hear from you. Tell us how you found the right fit. Post your story on our blog or on our Facebook Page, or on our Google+ page, or in our LinkedIn group, or on Pinterest, or send us an email at [email protected], or send us a message on Twitter @youngprpros, @kristinesimpson or @kentjulia.