This week I listened to Episode 12 on Coming up PR hosted by Mary, Cheryl, & Mike. In this podcasts they addressed some of the comments listeners had left in previous weeks. One of the questions that stood out to me was on left by a guy named Mitch. Mitch asked if recent college graduates should ask about salaries when they are applying for jobs. Since talking about salaries can be an uncomfortable subject, especially when applying for a job, I though the hosts’ response to this would be interesting. Mary, Cheryl, & Mike were all for it!
Another question this podcast addressed was once graduating, what was the biggest shock you experienced in your first public relations job. Cheryl discussed that your lifestyle completely changes, especially if you work in a fast paced industry. All three hosts stressed that it is extremely important to keep in touch with contacts. In college you are already developing contacts when you meet with advisors, teachers etc. In the PR industry, people are pretty welcoming so keep in touch and don’t hesitate to ask questions.
One of the last topics they discussed was something they addressed as the ‘Netflix debacle.’ Netflix is currently expanding into Canada, so to promote their product; Netflix hosted an event in Toronto. A street was even shut down for the public to come to the event. During the event, Netflix supposedly hired extras to do interviews with the media to promote their expanding business. Once the news about ‘extras’ was found out by the public, many people disapproved of Netflix’s PR strategy. Eventually, Netflix publically apologized and everything is going fine in the Netflix world.
Overall, I believe that this podcast was okay. I am not a big fan of podcasts so it’s hard for me to take the time to sit down and listen to them. Podcasts could somewhat benefit new pr practitioners or students, but in my opinion I would rather just read.
