Navigating the massive gap between what college taught
I spent four years studying traditional public relations and graphic design, but during my last three job interviews, the hiring managers did not care at all about my portfolio of static banners or standard press releases. They kept asking if I knew how to integrate real-time automation tools into my workflow or if I could manage cross-functional product development pipelines, which left me feeling completely lost and utterly unprepared for the actual corporate environment of today.
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