Careers in media and communication

Career Guide: Digital Strategy Careers Made Easy

Career Guides, Careers, Comstudent / Zachary Ritz

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: What is a Chief Marketing Officer?

Career Guides, Careers, Comstudent / Brooke Bayliss

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

Career Guides, Careers, Comstudent, Life / Rebecca Mohr

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

Career Guides, Careers, Comstudent / Eric Kendra

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

Careers / Kate Schill

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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West Chester University Alumni Spotlight: Ken Ayres

Careers, Comstudent / Kristina Kaighn

The beginning.. Before Ken Ayres considering becoming a Golden Ram, he was a boy who dreamed of becoming a sports broadcaster. Did he get there? And if so, how did he get there you might ask? This article will tell you how he started from the bottom and made it to the top. Ken Ayres

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Event planning career: example of a wedding reception

Event Planning Career: Here’s How To Get Started!

Career Guides, Careers, Comstudent / Lindsey Grosso

How hard is it to become an event planner? Does an event planning career just consist of picking up flowers? Should we just know how to try cake? Despite popular belief, there so much more to being an event planner. It takes great organizational skills, time management, and the ability to multitask. In reality, an

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How To Turn Your Internship Into A Career

Career Guides, Careers, Comstudent / Lindsey Grosso

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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Kelly Stock at a red carpet event for Sing TV

What is a Social Media Strategist?

Career Guides, Careers, Comstudent, Life / Jessica Bickel

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

Careers, Comstudent / staff

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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