#HAPPO Friday: Lessons in Reaching out from PR
By Amy Martin
This week, Gawker’s Hamilton Nolan posted about “The (Potential) Intern from Hell.” It was one of the most popular posts among Gen Y tweeters as I saw it spread around my Twitter feed like wildfire. Even as I’m writing this post, I asked my Twitter followers for the link to the Gawker post and they responded in less than 30 seconds.
So, what makes this post such a favorite among the Gen Y community? Many cannot believe how unbelievably brazen and audacious this job seeker was in his e-mails. After reading the potential intern’s correspondence again, I am also taken aback. With such a difficult climate to obtain a job, how could this individual be so bold and inappropriate?
Let me present to you the flip-side of those Gen Y job hunters who do take the correct approach: Help A PR Pro Out(#HAPPO). Read more at Gen Y Employers
