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First time ever … mobile editions to our PR student digital portfolios and resumes.

Here they are. All good people. Hire them!

This is the first time I’ve required the students do a mobile version. Only a few chose to go the full route. Everyone had to at least use the simple Google tool to create a version. Some have chosen (or will chose) to take down that Google version, as it is a wee bit quirky. I have chosen to list those that I found that will (I pray) display properly on a mobile device.   The WordPress versions are fine.  It is the Google versions that seem to go a bit goofy at times.

Most should have some version located at the “m.<domain-name>.com” URL for their site. We got stuck for time at the conclusion of the semester, so I did not hold their feet to the fire on this part of the project. I will do that next semester. ;o) Still some quirks to work out, but I’m happy with what we did this semester.

I’ve offered to continue to help those that want to do the entire mobile thang over the coming weeks. We’ll see how many buy in. To me, this is important for students to have. How many PR pros will receive an email and perhaps click on a link to your resume? Wouldn’t it be cool if they had a mobile version to view?

Mobile is the 900 lb. gorilla, people. Let’s show potential employers that you are thinking about mobile. This is certainly one way to accomplish that objective.

Note: The students are listed in the order they shared their URLs with me on a Google form I use at the end of the semester. So, they really are not in any particular order, except for those at the top with their mobile sites. I pulled them out and moved them to the top.

• Chelsea Quinlan | Mobile (WordPress)
• Courtney Terry | Mobile (WordPress)
• Laura Hancock | Mobile (WordPress)
• Courtney Terry | Mobile (WordPress)
• Caitlyn Shatlock | Mobile (WordPress, in progress)
• Amanda Pinto | Mobile (WordPress, in progress)
• Maegan Mogul | Mobile (Google)
• Cari Ellison | Mobile (Google)
• Meg Beasley | Mobile (Google)
• Mary Krueger | Mobile (Google)
• Hallie Van Dyke | Mobile (Google)
• Nicole LaMantagne | Mobile (Google)
• Caitlin DeForest | Mobile (Google)
• Grace Halbert | Mobile (Google)
• Johnny Dougherty | Mobile (Google)
• Stephen Kelly | Mobile (Google)
• Caroline Powell
• Shannon Donelson
• Lacey Beno
• Danielle Sherman
• Erin Edwards
• Rebecca Ritenour
• Samantha Mays
• Kelly Young
• Megen Heslip
• Ashley Jennings
• Lindsey Holland
• Melissa Hand
• Nelly Gonzalez
• Shaye Smith
• Jason Hermansdorfer
• Brooke Glassford
• Lauren Mullican
• Sarah Giffard
• Whitney Adams
• Alyssa Ramos-Herrera

For the umpteenth semester (I’ve lost count), we offer up the latest batch of student digital resumes and portfolios.

A good group of students, in a couple of classes from Spring semester 2009, created these as their final project. Hope you enjoy their work. Please feel free to hire them.  Good students & people!

• www.melindabowens.com
• www.kelliecelia.com
• www.ammccoy.com
• www.katijones.com
• www.annaetucker.com
• www.johnroberson.net
• www.katlinmulvaney.com
• www.jahnnahall.com
• www.margieevans.com
• www.monicaafanador.com
• www.rachelmmurphyonline.com
• www.sjbivins.com
• www.pbdebow.com
• www.kelseyware.com
• www.kcduffyonline.com
• www.carolinecassidy.com
• www.amandamiles.com
• www.marycstewart.com
• www.mbwaltononline.com
• www.klaurenchandler.com
• www.akjonline.com
• www.hillaryegibbs.com
• www.brookbentley.com
• www.faithpalmer.com
• www.elizabethmahaney.com
• www.rebeccabedsole.com

Spring 2009 brings us this great group of students.

Check out their digital portfolios & resumes. Hire them!

Good people, all the way around.

Kelly Adams
Ansley Black
Jill Bledsoe
Emily Canan
Kelly Cargill
Alison Christenberry
Kelly Coffed
Carey Beth Elder
Ragan Gibson
Emily Horne
Caroline Inman
Karen Jones
Lianne Lopez-Ceparo
Evie Maddox
Mikey Mahone
Kimberly Meyers
Mallory Middleton
Emily Petree
Whitney Prothro
Maria Prysock
Elizabeth Reynolds
Merry Whidby
Jacob Wilder
Jordan Woo

Fall 2008 saw a new group of students create their digital portfolios and resumes.

I’ve been slow in sharing last semester’s student projects. My apologies.

Below, you will see links to all of the digital portfolio and resume projects from my students last semester, Fall 2008.

Check them out. Hire them. Bring them in for internships. A few have already graduated and landed jobs, but some are still looking. We always tell them not to ’settle’ for a job, but rather to seek out the job they really want. Find that “right fit” for themselves.

Your firm or organization may well be the fit they are looking for in public relations/marketing.

Here they are in the order in which they sent me their URLs last semster.

• Emily Jeter
• Sydney Thompson
• Mary Catherine Hamilton
• Polly Payne
• Taylor Lamb
• Abby Leigh Rhodes
• Audrey Pannell
• Kelli Hood
• Erin Newton
• Lauren White
• Courtney Breslin
• Katie Garfinkle
• Kathryn “Beth” Storey
• Ashlan Yielding
• Laura LeAnne Peacock
• Ragan Helms
• Brooke Bloom
• Anna Leigh McGilvray
• Lindsey Migliorisi
• Elizabeth Traylor
• Jenni Elizabeth Breland
• Haley Adcock
• Sarah Little
• Russell Warren
• Jeff Hajek
• Jacob Smith

This summer’s crop of digital resumes and portfolios are up and ready for you to view.

Hire these students. Hey, they worked with a wide array of software and participated in social media on several sites. They have an understanding of the software and social media practice. Looking for interns? New hires? Check out these student resumes.  Hire them. You’ll be happy you did!

• Katie Hoch
• Whitney West
• Lindsay McCormick
• Maggie Jenkins
• Kendall Green
• Maggie Hampl
• Kathryn Woods
• Elizabeth Toney
• Miles Duncan
• Chelsea Lami
• Marvin Jones
• Amanda Zambrano
• Catharine Montgomery
• Rachel Roberts

Here is a sampling of the many places they posted content, including features and videos.

• The Loveliest Village
• The Corner News

Cross-posted at AuburnMedia.com in the blog infOpinions.

A great group of students created their digital portfolios and resumes during the Spring 2008 semester.

Below you’ll find a wide variety of students. Some of them have graduated, or will soon, and you may be able to grab them for a job. So, please check out their offerings.

This semester, we’re stepping up the digital resume/portfolio project. More on that, later.

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Fall 2007 saw a new batch of PR student projects. The following came from the good folks in the PRCM 4020 Style & Design class.

This is the kind of information I’ll share here in PR Prospects. We’ll highlight student campaign projects, media rooms and kits … and more.

As you’ll learn, if you follow this site, I love my students and I’m very proud of them. This group put in a lot of work on these projects. Please, give them a look and perhaps offer them a job or internship.

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This summer’s digital resumes and portfolios are complete. The project wound up being a bit different than usual, due to the short five week mini-mester term. But, the projects have some new aspects which, I believe, make them more appealing.

I appreciate the work of these fourteen students. Hire them and/or select them for internships.

Each project contains two major sections. First, there is the resume, an HTML version of the usual Word document. Second, you’ll find the digital portfolio. It contains samples from the work product of these students over their college career.

One new addition to the project is video. Students created video interviews with students, faculty and staff around Auburn. All of those interviews were posted at the Loveliest Village Journal, too.

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Spring 2007 saw a new batch of PR student projects. The following came from the good folks in the PRCM 4020 Style & Design class.

I’m slowly adding in all the older class projects here. Seeing all of these makes me wish I had required the posting of the digital resume/portfolio projects years ago. They actually help students in their pursuit of internships and jobs.

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