Christina Stokes
Talent Acquisition | Recruitment & Staffing | HR | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility
10/30/2024 - Today at Rubenstein, we hosted an energetic group of students from Monmouth University. My colleagues — Parker LaCourse, Caleb Mims, and Patricia Kilbride — shared incredible advice and stories about their career paths, and we had a thought provoking discussion. Thank you to Jeff Mass, M.A. and Julia Angeliadis for working with me to organize today’s visit! #PRcareers
10/17/24 - We welcomed a wonderful group of students from St. John's University and the SJU PRSSA to Rubenstein today. Thank you so much to my colleagues — Seth Sylvan, Martha Kate Ginsberg, and Danny Guerra — for sharing your wisdom with the next generation of PR and communications talent. I left today’s roundtable feeling inspired!
August 2024 -RUBENSTEIN staff and our DEIA Council organized a backpack event in partnership with Good+Foundation! We organized school supplies, stocked backpacks, and wrote encouraging notes to students. The next day, a volunteer group went on a delivery outing to the Good+ warehouse and met with some of their team! It means so much to us to have been able to come together to support 100 NYC students this school year.🎒📚🩵🌈✨
8/6/24 - Thank you the NYU School of Professional Studies and NYU Wasserman Center for Career Development for inviting me to speak with your students this week alongside Raina N. Whitfield, Ryan Fender, Hailey Boehm, and Stephanie Steinberg! We had an insightful discussion about recruiting trends across industries.
I'm so excited to share "What Job Seekers Need to Know Today" with you all! This e-book contains a curated collection of articles for new professionals that I have penned for the award-winning monthly publication, PRSA Strategies & Tactics, in addition to the works of three other featured columnists (Rob Biesenbach, Melissa Vela-Williamson, and Mark Mohammadpour... they're amazing)! Read here: https://www.prsa.org/docs/default-source/publications-and-news/hire-and-seek-booklet-v7.pdf 📚 💡 ❤️
April 2024 - It is with great excitement that I share this news with you all! I am honored and humbled to have received a Top 100 Talent Acquisition Professional award at the 2024 OnCon Icon Awards via OnConferences, nominated by my peers, for the 4th year in a row! I am proud to be named among such brilliant leaders in the talent acquisition field. Heartfelt congratulations to all of the nominees and award winners!
May 2024 - Our final student visit to Rubenstein for the spring term was from Rowan University's PRSSA chapter! Thank you for organizing the trip with me, Sam Deeney, and thank you to my colleagues for joining our roundtable chat: Mike Stouber (Rowan alum), Alexandra Merceron, and Caleb Mims!
April 2024 - Students from the Fordham Marketing Association visited Rubenstein for an interactive roundtable discussion with my brilliant colleagues: Mia Tommins, Michaela Lewin, and Patricia Kilbride.
3/27/24 - We hosted a brilliant group from Quinnipiac University (and the ever-amazing Professor Katie R. Place, Ph.D., APR) today at Rubenstein. Thank you so much for coming, students and faculty! Also, thank you to my colleagues - Alexandra Merceron, QU Alum Brynn Martin, and Emily Hulbert - for participating in such an energetic discussion about public relations careers! #quinnipiacuniversity #prcareers