Journalism Job Expo Brings Employeers to Campus

The recent U.S. economy has complicated the already-difficult job search for GW students this past year. But yesterday, the jobs came to the students at the Communications Industry Expo, hosted by the GW's own Career Center and Graduate School of Political Management and the independently-operated campus newspaper, the GW Hatchet. 

The networking event kicked off with a diverse panel of contributers to the communications industry, including a senior editor of The Washington Post and an employee of the U.S. State Department's press office.

The panel members gave advice to prospective job applicants, largely taken from their own experiences in the job field. Having the ability to work with different media was highlighted multiple times as a plus on any resume, as well as correct grammar and spelling.

Jessica Lee of APCO Worldwide shared the story of an applicant who sent a t-shirt with his resume, on which were written reasons to hire him. Lee said with a laugh that she contacted the applicant immediately - not to offer him a job, but to tell him that he had misspelled "organization" on the shirt and should stop sending them out.

Following the panel, attendees were ushered into one of the Marvin Center ballrooms to mingle with professionals from many different communication organizations, from the Public Relations Society of America to Sirius X.M. Radio. Students lined up in front of the tables devoted to each organization.

While clumps grew around the tables of brand name organizations like CNN, while less foot traffic surrounded lesser-known companies like the Washington Business Journal.