by Mohammed Waheed Did the Northern Lights internship help me? Was it worth the time and career development? There is only one answer to this question and it is a big resounding, YES!! Is it going to be worthwhile? I was a bit sceptical when participating in the internship in regards to how it could … Where there’s a will, there’s a job – Internships, the way forward?
by Shaeeb Tanwir, I was one of the interns on the Northern Lights PR internship during the summer of 2010 and learnt a lot from it; currently I work for a digital marketing agency called Zeal Digital and have found a lot of the skills I learnt during my time at Northern Lights have been … Northern Lights developed my Zeal for Online Marketing
by Gabriel St Aimee, Intern at Northern Lights PR Without intending to evangelise, PR is needed for the BME community, not just for diversity but for the industry – despite the current debate. PR could be used to alleviate the overly saturated careers, which the BME community is drawn to. Law is just one example … More BME PR practitioners – and one BME Prime Minister
by Mohammed Waheed, Intern at Northern Lights PR Student with high expectations When you attend university you think you are the “bee’s knees” and you will learn everything you need to know to be very successful in your future profession, however, not everything is what it seems. University PR At university I was taught all … Universities think PR exists in a fantasy land!!
by Liane Clarke, Intern at Northern Lights PR The final week of the Internship and as we prepare for our final presentations to Northern Rail, Hallmark, Bradford School of Management and Northern Lights, each of us is reflecting upon the internship and our experiences. From the beginning we have encountered a schedule filled with workshops … Skills 4 Work or Skills 4 Life?
It is Northern Lights PR’s 20th anniversary this year. To celebrate we wanted to do something new and different that reflected our values – had heart, made a difference and shared our PR skills. When Heather McGregor of Taylor Bennett told me about their Brunswick Internship we knew this was it. We wanted to run … Run a dynamic internship – without the resources of a FTSE 100 corporate
by Shaheeb Tanwir, Intern at Northern Lights PR PR & Communications- It’s a lot of things to a lot of people, but seldom accurately described. It’s a highly important, charismatic, and dynamic industry that demands the utmost respect from the world as any self respecting industry would. Similarly, any self respecting industry is constantly at … Social Media in Modern PR Communications
by Nafisa Shafiq, Intern at Northern Lights PR Another week of the internship has passed and this week the session that has interested me most was based on networking. I’ve not had any ‘real’ experience of networking, and Victoria Tomlinson’s do’s and don’ts have all been useful. In general, like many others I believed networking … Six tips on networking from the industry experts!
by Gabriel St Aimee, Intern at Northern Lights PR My first week as a PR & Marketing intern with Northern Lights has just ended and WOW!!! My Student Brain is fried. I have learnt so much but it can all be summarised into one theme- getting it right for the other person is necessary in … You Leave and you Learn
