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10 January 2014
I was based in Hong Kong and spotted an f1 advert in PR Week for a job in the United Arab Emirates. I was thinking of casting the net a bit wider for my next …
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6 January 2014
I went travelling for four months and when I came back I scoured The Guardian, looking for jobs. All I knew was that I was interested in Marketing. f1 told me about Editorial Intelligence and …
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17 December 2013
Is there is burnout going on in our industry? For the last fortnight I’ve been talking to people in Corporate Comms and Financial PR about a mid-level post at one of our agency clients. It’s …
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13 December 2013
We love the sound of PR Week’s new Mentoring Programme for the female PR leaders of tomorrow. It’s so important for senior figureheads to enable and encourage the female leaders of tomorrow. The project sits very comfortably …
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6 December 2013
Why is this the case when you need a good brain, a global 24/7 attitude and serious amounts of creative flair to do the job well? Tech PR teams (usually in agencies) absorb a …
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5 December 2013
I first met f1 in 2006. I was aiming for a career in journalism and doing internships, but not enjoying them as I thought I would. Someone I know suggested contacting f1 and we spoke …
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1 December 2013
Why aren’t there more communications professionals on the main boards of companies? Amanda Fone wrote exclusively for the CiPR about the need for stronger financial literacy and deeper commercial experience to get communications professionals …
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27 November 2013
f1 sponsored the Careers Centre at the first ever CiPR Public Relations Show in Islington yesterday.
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14 November 2013
When I met f1 I’d been working in investment banking for 11 years and wanted a career change to something more entrepreneurial, using my skills learnt from equity sales. I responded to an f1 ad about financial PR. f1 listened to me, found out what I’d been doing and then rather than
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