The Murdoch Scandal: A Londoner’s Perspective

With the media world hyper-focused on the phone-hacking media scandals in the United Kingdom, we were interested in getting an inside perspective. Sara Pearson, a former journalist, is now a London-based partner at Spider PR, the UK affiliate for the Public Relations Global Network, our global consortium of independent public relations agencies. We asked her opinion of several aspects of this fast-moving scandal.

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5 Things You Should Know When You Start Your First Job (That No One Will Tell You)

Those who know me know that one of the things I’m passionate about is helping young people get their careers started – a daunting goal these days. I’ve written and spoken a lot about job-hunting and networking, and I’ll continue to do that.

But today, I’d like to take a different tack and share some tips that may help those of you who are starting a first job or internship.

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