Career Change: 6-Session Self-Paced Course

Jump-start your media career

Career Change: 6-Session Self-Paced Course
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Mediabistro Self-Paced Courses: Learning for the independent-minded. No teachers, no fellow students. Just a rich multimedia curriculum designed to teach you what you need to know.

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$179 (or $159 for AvantGuild members - details)

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VIDEO: Mediabistro founder Laurel Touby and blogger friends share some career tips.

 Make a fresh start with the tools, skills, and resources you'll need to launch (or re-launch) your media career. In this self-paced course, learn how to revitalize your career management strategy for the long term and implement a job search methodology right now.

In this class, you will learn how to:

  • Identify where you are and what you need to land a job
  • Gather information on careers in public relations, book publishing, magazines, newspapers, online media, broadcast, design, and advertising
  • Refine your job search
  • Understand your skill set and how to market yourself accordingly
  • Succeed in your new career

Check out the complete syllabus.

The self-paced course includes:
  • A video introduction with Mediabistro founder Laurel Touby
  • Written lectures
  • Resource lists
  • Supplemental videos on Twitter, finding your calling, interviewing, writing cover letters and resumes, recovering from job loss, goal setting, and transformational strategies
By the end of this course, you will have:
An assessment of your strengths, interests, and how your qualities match media job opportunities. You'll also know the requirements for careers in media, and how you can improve your chance of success.

How the self-paced classroom works:

  • You have access to the course platform for three months. Please note, if you sign up after 6 pm ET Monday-Friday, your email invitation will be sent the following business day. 
  • Mediabistro's education team is available to answer your questions.
  • There are no other students and no instructor. Students are invited to post comments on our community forum of media professionals to interact with others in the field. 

Course Syllabus

course materials
View a sample syllabus for the class here.

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