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  • Seattle Chamber Young Professional Network Event 2012

    Cocktails, Young Professional Network & The Next Fifty

    Last week, we attended the Seattle Chamber’s Young Professional Network event at the newly opened Armory at Seattle Center. The event brought together young professionals from across Washington State for the organization’s largest networking event of the year. The room was filled with lively banter...

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  • Gen Y in the Workplace

    Seattle Ranks Number One for Gen Y on the Job

    Today’s young professionals are often the recipients of many stereotypes – skinny jeans-wearing, always on the go and Facebook-obsessed – but a recent report from PayScale suggests Gen Y is having a major impact on today’s workplaces. And, guess what? Seattle’s Gen Y’s top choice!...

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  • GonzagaBlogPost

    Weber Shandwick Seattle Plays Host to the Zags

    Earlier this month, a group of Gonzaga University students came to visit us at WS Seattle as part of the university’s annual Seattle Trek. The Trek is a career development and networking program designed to help connect students to professionals in key disciplines in major...

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  • PR Internship Myths

    Debunking 3 Common Myths of the PR Internship

    From time to time, I’m asked how I got started at Weber Shandwick Seattle. My responses generally vary from “my previous work experience” to “networking” to “pure and total luck.” While the truth may lie somewhere in the middle, how I honestly got a foot in the door (literally) was through my internship.

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