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	<itunes:summary>How I Got My Job is a an internet radio series (podcast) in which individuals share their job-hunting success stories.  Think of it as &quot;Inside the Actor&#039;s Studio&quot; but for job seekers and those looking to improve their job situation.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>How I Got My Job as a Public Relations and Communications Specialist &#8211; Ryan Alford</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 41:23, 37.9 MB), Ryan Alford shares how he got a job as a Public Relations and Communications Specialist. Believe it or not, keyword searches and e-mail alerts on job sites like CareerBuilder, Craigslist, MediaBistro were helpful in identifying leads. If you have a job-hunting success [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <a title="How I Got My Job job-hunting success stories podcast" href="http://howigotmyjob.com" target="_blank">How I Got My Job</a> (<a title="How I Got My Job as a Public Relations and Communications Specialist - Ryan Alford" href="http://media.danieljohnsonjr.com/higmj-prcommspecialist.mp3" target="_blank">mp3</a>, 41:23, 37.9 MB), Ryan Alford shares how he got a job as a <a class="zem_slink" title="Public relations" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_relations">Public Relations</a> and Communications Specialist. Believe it or not, keyword searches and e-mail alerts on job sites like <a class="zem_slink" title="Careerbuilder" rel="homepage" href="http://www.careerbuilder.com">CareerBuilder</a>, <a class="zem_slink" title="Craigslist" rel="homepage" href="http://www.craigslist.org/">Craigslist</a>, <a class="zem_slink" title="MediaBistro" rel="homepage" href="http://www.mediabistro.com/">MediaBistro</a> were helpful in identifying leads.</p>
<p>If you have a job-hunting success story you&#8217;d like to share, please e-mail your contact information to successstories AT howigotmyjob DOT com, and we&#8217;ll get in touch to set up an interview.</p>
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<li>More <a title="Get That Job! Job-hunting and career development tips" href="http://getthatjobonline.com" target="_blank">job-hunting and career development information</a> at <a title="Get That Job! Job-hunting, career development tips" href="http://getthatjobonline.com" target="_blank">http://getthatjobonline.com</a></li>
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<p>Please share this episode with someone else who is looking for a job, and tell others about the show. They will thank you for it.</p>
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<p><em><strong>About Ryan</strong></em></p>
<p><em><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-500" title="ryan-alford" src="http://howigotmyjob.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Ryan-004-300x225.jpg" alt="ryan-alford" width="300" height="225" />Ryan Alford is a public relations and communications specialist.  On a typical day, Ryan is working with franchise owners: Helping them enhance their PR strategies by promoting their businesses within their communities.  Before this job, Ryan worked for <a class="zem_slink" title="Quiznos" rel="homepage" href="http://www.quiznos.com/">Quiznos</a> as the <a class="zem_slink" title="Corporate communication" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_communication">corporate communications</a> manager.  He also owns an online publication devoted entirely to the sport of <a class="zem_slink" title="Snowshoe" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowshoe">snowshoeing</a>, <a href="http://www.snowshoemag.com" target="_blank">Snowshoe Magazine</a>.  Ryan graduated from <a class="zem_slink" title="Abilene Christian University" rel="homepage" href="http://www.acu.edu">Abilene Christian University</a> with a degree in English.  He also attended the <a class="zem_slink" title="University of Denver" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.6783333333,-104.962222222&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=39.6783333333,-104.962222222%20%28University%20of%20Denver%29&amp;t=h">University of Denver</a>’s Publishing Institute.  His real job in life is being a husband to his wife, Emily, and a father to his two kids, Hayden and Lola.</em></p>
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		<itunes:subtitle>In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 41:23, 37.9 MB), Ryan Alford shares how he got a job as a Public Relations and Communications Specialist. Believe it or not, keyword searches and e-mail alerts on job sites like CareerBuilder, Craigslist,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 41:23, 37.9 MB), Ryan Alford shares how he got a job as a Public Relations and Communications Specialist. Believe it or not, keyword searches and e-mail alerts on job sites like CareerBuilder, Craigslist, MediaBistro were helpful in identifying leads.

If you have a job-hunting success story you&#039;d like to share, please e-mail your contact information to successstories AT howigotmyjob DOT com, and we&#039;ll get in touch to set up an interview.

	Find other job-hunting success stories at http://howigotmyjob.com
	More job-hunting and career development information at http://getthatjobonline.com

Please share this episode with someone else who is looking for a job, and tell others about the show. They will thank you for it.

Thanks!

About Ryan

Ryan Alford is a public relations and communications specialist.  On a typical day, Ryan is working with franchise owners: Helping them enhance their PR strategies by promoting their businesses within their communities.  Before this job, Ryan worked for Quiznos as the corporate communications manager.  He also owns an online publication devoted entirely to the sport of snowshoeing, Snowshoe Magazine.  Ryan graduated from Abilene Christian University with a degree in English.  He also attended the University of Denver’s Publishing Institute.  His real job in life is being a husband to his wife, Emily, and a father to his two kids, Hayden and Lola.

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