Karl Said:

What do you know about working in public relations?

We Answered:

Corporate public relations is a growing discipline now.It is offered as a subject /elective in universities. one may find out universities offering this elective in MBA programme.It is a interesting area replacing Old public relations managers by professionally trained one.
Best wishes

Herman Said:

Dubai: Work in marketing and public relations?

We Answered:

Please visit the link giving below which provides you with all recruitments agencies and some good advices how to apply.
http://www.startpagedubai.com/jobs.htm

Look for a suitable job offer, get shortlisted, negotiate a good salary package incl. min. housing and transportation and you hopefullu will be able to enjoy a taxfree salary by working in Dubai.

Take care and all the best.

edit: please email me!

Wayne Said:

What is a good company to work for if I am interested in Public Relations (PR)/Marketing?

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Hello,
To determine a 'good company' from, say, a 'bad' one is not really very complicated. It really depends on your interests and motivations, and sometimes your experience, as far as what is best suited for you. First you decide your criteria based on your goals, such as "In five years, I want to be a senior partner in an advertising firm in a major city", then your criteria would include:
- size of cities (Large or population >= x,xxx,xxx for example)
- size of company (10-50 employees, 51-100, 101-500, 501-10,000 etc)
- type of company (public or private, or non-profit organization?)
- industry you prefer -
(lets say you like the outdoors, perhaps a company that sells products for outdoor recreation?
or if you are an avid football fan (hey you went to Notre Dame, right?) -then maybe a company that promotes team sports for their 'main thing'
-If you prefer helping people (because you mentioned Human Resource Mgt - and sound like you are interested) - there are corporate training jobs that use your skills in PR/communications too. They pay very well in some places, depending on the market.
- Do you see what I mean? If you had to pick your favorite hobby or subject in school - then what would that be? What do you prefer spending your free time on? Brainstorm those things, then explore all the industries that support those activities as possible 'best companies' to work for. You might as well be doing something you enjoy if you're going to be spending a third or more of your waking hours doing it.
- If you like to analyze more details about a company, there are organizations that can offer a lot of free information that is easily accessible. For example, the Better Business Bureau (www.bbb.org) gives you an idea of a company's reputation with their customers - how many unresolved complaints they have out against them. Another place is the Attorney General's office or consumer affairs online site (your state will have a website). There are also plenty of people willing to put their good and bad stories about their experiences with companies (both as consumers and as employees) out on the net on blogs. Then I check to see how healthy they are financially as a company by checking on how their stock has done, or what investors have said about them recently. I hope this gives you some ideas to go on.

Carlos Said:

I want to work in public relations but what major would be ideal for that job?

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Industry knowledge is what will get you your first job in public relations. Pick an industry; finance, health, government, and you will need to be able to write -- English and Journalism.

Wendy Said:

Is a degree in public relations a good degree?

We Answered:

Any Bachelor's degree is fine. Most jobs could care less what your major was. . . This is how one of my friends, whose degree is in music, is a bank manager, and another one who's major was history is a police officer. Don't stress over your major. (unless you're doing a "professional" bachelor's like education or engineering)

Jack Said:

Anybody here work in Public Relations?

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I don't work in PR but know plenty of people who do and have worked with PR people. It's one of those careers that's glamorized on TV, but often quite dull and thankless in real life. Partners at a PR firm might hobnob with movers and shakers but the average employee spends theirs days drafting endless invitations and announcements, spending weeks planning and coordinating a one hour speech (by somebody who actually does have an important job). Honestly, I don't see the appeal myself.