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Being a publicist is hard work, but public relations pros may have all the right answers when it comes to landing a job or advancing up the corporate ladder. In "Be Your Own Best Publicist: How to Use PR Techniques to Get Noticed, Hired and Rewarded," publicists Jessica Kleiman and Meryl Weinsaft Cooper share their advice on how to use classic, well-tested PR techniques to get ahead.

Want to get a job or build your brand with the media savvy of a publicist? Here's what to do:

When online, keep it professional

You don't need to keep up with all the social networks, but make sure to set your best foot forward when it comes to Facebook friends....

 

While Facebook can sometimes seem like a way to simply post a few photos or let your friends know about your birthday -- there are ways it can come in handy in your professional career. Facebook lets job seekers tap an informal network of friends or friends of friends who can be instrumental in creating success. "The collection of friends you have through Facebook are the ones most likely to have your back," says Jenny Foss, a job search expert who blogs at JobJenny.com. With so many different options, Facebook is a good place to start if you're job hunting or just seeking to network.

Here's what to do to get started:

Customize your avatar

In an online search, your avatar is typical....

 

Even the most talented, educated and experienced job seekers may have a difficult time finding a job in today's economy. Although people may hope their transition between jobs will last only a few weeks, the reality is that many job seekers spend months, or even a year, trying to secure work. This delay can wreak havoc on a job seeker's confidence, motivation and sense of pride -- all which are characteristics critical to achieving success in the job market.

Jean Baur, author of "Eliminated! Now What: Finding Your Way from Job-Loss Crisis to Career Resilience," says one of the best things people can do when they begin to feel stuck in their search is evaluate what methods are working and which aren....

 

Q. How does a quantitative analyst for a hedge fund get hired as a strategist for a professional basketball team?

A.  He convinces those doing the hiring that he has the skills to do the job.

The two positions may seem unrelated at first glance, but the New Jersey Nets wanted someone who could evaluate player stats and past performance to help determine the best combinations of team members to put on the court in various situations. With superior mathematical and analytical skills, the hedge fund analyst fit the bill.

Transferable skills -- abilities that can be applied to different work environments -- ....

 

Is there a light at the end of the job-seeking tunnel? You bet! Meet four people who persevered in their searches and can now put the word "formerly" before "unemployed."

From the graduation stage to the unemployment line

"It was difficult keeping my morale up because I felt like a failure," says Lauren Miller of San Diego, Calif., who was hired right out of college in 2009 -- only to be laid off months later due to budget cuts. "I'd spent five years getting two bachelor's degrees, and now I was supposed to work and take the world by storm. At least that is what everyone promised along the way, right?"

Faced with student loans, car paymen....

As the Boulder City Council inches its way toward new rules limiting house sizes, opponents of the proposal are questioning some council members' own large lots and history of "pops and scrapes."

After a summer full of public meetings, the Boulder County Board of Commissioners will have the last say on whether six local farmers can grow genetically modified sugar beets on open space land.

Thousands of screaming University of Colorado students showed up at Farrand Field on Saturday night for a free, student-only "Welcome" concert, which neighbors say was far quieter than last year.

Porter DeFrees, 5, kindergarten student at Foothill Elementary in Boulder

A 52-year-old Douglas County man died Saturday morning while hiking in western Boulder County.

Well before Jess Ryan moved into her Cheyenne Arapaho dorm room at the University of Colorado, she’d already met several of the young women in her hall.

The students formed fast friendships over the summer on Facebook.com. Ryan also started chatting on Facebook with an upperclassman before she moved to Boulder, asking him how long it takes to walk between certain buildings and for other college advice.

“It’s nice to have already-built friendships,” she said.

Social networking has drastically changed the age-old tradition of moving into the dorms and starting a school year on an unfamiliar campus. Today’s generation of college students can take virtual tours of the campus, get candid glimpses of student life on YouTube and see Facebook photos of their roommates before they formally introduce themselves and flip a coin for the top bunk.

A Boulder photographer and documentary filmmaker is suing Apple Inc. for copyright infringement, saying the company is improperly using his iconic photograph "The Information Revolution, 500 Monitors" in one of its applications for the iPhone.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has added the first of two super-sized wind turbines to its research center in southern Boulder County.

A motorcyclist hit a deer around 8:15 p.m. Friday on North Foothills Highway near Neva Road, north of Boulder.

Students at Westlake Middle School showed they were tuned in to this summer's roiling political debate when U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet visited their school on Friday.

A woman who stole thousands of dollars from her 81-year-old former mother-in-law was sentenced to three years probation and 100 hours community service Friday.

The university is not canceling any events or classes or instituting any quarantines. Instead, it is asking people who have flu-like symptoms to "self-isolate" by staying in their dorm room, house or apartment.

Longmont police are looking for a 29-year-old man who has not been seen since Sunday.

In the stands at Folsom Field, the newest crop of freshmen absorbed advice from university and student leaders, learned statistics about their collective class and heard about the legacy of former CU students Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of South Park.

Members of CU's Class of 2013 were born in 1991, when California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was playing the lead role in “Terminator 2,” and Nirvana-inspired grunge music was coming into style.