Career Confidential: Rebecca Juliet

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Position / Job title?: Singer/Songwriter

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

In all honesty, I wanted to be a pirate for a while. It was pretty distressing to learn at around age six that people didn’t roam the high seas with trusty parrots anymore.

If you could look into a crystal ball and

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Cheryl Hogan Seidel

Cheryl Seidel_RegistryFinder.com_HeadshotFull name: Cheryl Hogan Seidel

Position / Job title: President & Founder, RegistryFinder.com

Why did you start your company?

It’s as simple as I had that cliché, “there has to be a better way” moment. I had an idea and happened to be at a place in my life where I was looking for

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Career Confidential: ILANA

_O_G3A5212Full name: Ilana Strom Harkavy (don’t forget to donate to her IndieGogo campaign, here)

Position / Job title: I am a recording artist (singer) and songwriter as well as the CEO and founder of nailed it! media and the founder of The Just, Girl. Project

1. What is the single most important piece of advice you would give to other career-minded women?

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Allison Kugel

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Position / Job title?: Creative Director at Full Scale Media & Co-Creator of the UPitch PR Mobile App (to be released May 2015!)

Why did you seek out this particular job / start your company? I fell into public relations and media work through my love for

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Sunchea Phou

Remote VillageSunchea Phou is an entrepreneur and philanthropist.

She founded YaY Novelty with a mission to create a lifestyle-enhancing product that allows consumers to express their personality. YaYwallet was her first creation, born out of her frustration of not being able to find a fun slim wallet. It was also in part to generate income for her

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Career Confidential: Sara Safari

Full name?: Sara Safari

Position / Job title?: Electrical Engineer, Lecturer

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Astronaut, Doctor, Engineer

Fast-forward several years/decades. How did you land (or create) your current position? I wanted to do something that has a lot of math and physics in it because they were my favorite subjects.

Did you have to take on internships to get there? How important in general, do you think, are internships? Yes, I did couple of internships. I think they are great and necessary.

Tell us what a

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Career Confidential: Justine Dorsey

Justine-Dorsey-Cliche-006-v2-FullFull name: Justine Dorsey

Position / Job title: Songwriter/Singer/Performer

1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I wanted to be a lot of things. There was a good chunk of time where I wanted to be a veterinarian. There was a veeeerry short-lived baseball phase (I have since lost my enthusiasm for physical activity). Looking back

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Career Confidential: Stalking Gia

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Full name?: Stalking Gia

Position / Job title?: Artist / Songwriter

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I knew exactly what I wanted out of life from an early age, in a way that immediately made me an outcast. I never dreamt up an unrealistic job title, I’ve always set forth in the motion that I was to be a songwriter.

Fast-forward several years/decades. How did you land (or create) your current position? Persistence is everything. You have to know in life that there are people that are going to

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Quick Tips for Getting PR

We all know that hiring a PR firm can be expensive. If you’re a start up or a small business you might not know if it is worth the money. And while I always recommend PR if you can afford it, I can still offer a few tips to gain media attention on your own.

Events

This is one of the easiest and most straight forward ways to get media attention mainly because you don’t have to come up with a story idea. The event itself is the story. Also, when writing your pitch you can just use the details

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Matana LePlae

MatanaFull name?: Matana LePlae

Position / Job title?: CEO, HiLovely & Lashfully

Why did you seek out this particular job / start your company? I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit in working at advertising agencies and finally took the plunge (almost 5 years ago) to start a beauty company that was more in-tune to how women live today.

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