Media Career Guide

Preparing for Jobs in the 21st Century

Sherri Hope Culver, Nichole Harken

• Verlag: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Jahr: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781319247560
• Auflage: 13
• Thema: Sprachen & Linguistik
• Thema: Kommunikationswissenschaften

With a focus on getting media-savvy students ready for a career in media, this essential guide offers a current snapshot of job prospects and opportunities in media and communication. The authors take students through the entire process of career planning, from first considering a media-related career, all the way through their arrival in the workplace, while offering helpful and practical advice and strategies along the way.

This edition has a new organization that starts at determining the career and then moves into finding the job. A new focus on growth areas in media industries highlight new career paths in streaming media and app development as well as new media positions within more traditional fields. New life skill tips offer suggestions on issues like how to relocate, manage finances, and more.

Available as an e-book, the guide can be purchased on its own, or can be accessed as part of the Achieve for Media & Culture 13e by Richard Campbell, Christopher R. Martin, Bettina Fabos, and Ron Becker.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• About this Book
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Considering a Career in Media or Communication
• Chapter 2: Preparing for a Career in Media
• Chapter 3: Where and What the Jobs Are
• Chapter 4: The Search Process
• Chapter 5: Cover Letters, Résumés, and Thank-You Notes
• Chapter 6: The Next Steps: Leaving College and Accepting a Job
• Chapter 7: Succeeding Once You’re in: Your Internship or First Job
• Chapter 8: Seize Your Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Conclusion
• Additional Resources
• Index
• Extended Descriptions