How can I start a Public Relations career?
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The first thing I would do is read the Occupational Outlook Handbook page on Public Relations Specialists : http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos086.htm\n\nThen, I would visit the Public Relations Society of America webpage http://www.prsa.org/ to see if there is a local chapter in my area.  I would attend a meeting of the local chapter and meet professionals who are already in the Public Relations field that I could talk to and learn from.\n\nGood luck!
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I would begin with team's public relations office and check to see if the player I was interested in interviewing has a personal publicist. The PR people can provide essential background information and make your interview time more efficient.
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If u want to be a specialist, u can work for an advt agency / market research agency / PR agency etc - depending on ur skill and interest levels.\nElse as a generalist, u can join as Marketing/Sales trainee in a corporate and grow to be a head/ VP of marketing or sales.\n\nLast word: Dont u think that marketing is all about being cool and making advertisements. Its a lot more hardwork than u think, requiring finance/HR/ operations skills too.
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In linguistics you could, of course, continue your higher education, get your PhD and teach.\nIf you stick with a BA in linguistics you could work in any company's dept of communications, public relations and anything that would have to do with words!!\nI say you should study what interests you and from there you can discover all kinds of options available to you as far as a career.\nGood luck!!
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I happen to be a communications major myself.  I have been out of school for 3 years now.  I have always been in sales.  I have excellent communications skills and my degree helped me sharpen all of those skills.  However I have very high stress levels, because no matter how much a sell one week, it all starts over the next week at 0.  I do beleive that comm degrees are the easiest degrees to get and do not mean much to an employer.\n\nSome of the jobs available are:\nRadio, newspaper, etc\npublic relations\nthen your general jobs that require a college education.\n\nI would suggest you go where the moneys is!!!  The medical industry is full of money and only growing.  Advertising and marketing are great sources for money too.  There are a ton of sales positions as long as you are outgoing and energetic.\n\nGood luck!
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You just need to be super creative , think the way normal people dont ! :D (read wierdo lol)  Most ad ppl are wierdos in real life ! lol lol\n\nAdvertising is the fine line between sanity and insanity lol :) \n\nIts all about thinking out of the box :) \n\nAnd you need to absolutely passionate about what you are doing :) Passion is the watch word :) \n\nIf you have the passion to get there with the right amount of creativity , theres no stopping you :) You dont need degrees to be an ad professional... you just need to unleash and bask in the splendour :) \n\nA good way to start is to intern with an ad agency for a couple of months and see how it goes... it jus doesnt work out for some people... if you are good there is a good possibility that the agency will hire you... everyone in the media start their career without getting paid even a penny... thats the way it is... you might not see big money first... but...once you carve a space for yourself... there is no looking back.. \n\nGood luck:)
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In most cases you need to do free lance and have someone really like your work.  You might need to start at a real low level to get you foot in the door.  An Agent might not be the best choice but the good ones will have allot of contacts.  I new a guy who worked for some small market weekly news paper and low circulated magazine, but was taking pictures at the last KY Derby for the AP.  Just keep on working hard and knocking on doors.  Never burn any bridges or stab anyone in the back.  It might get you ahead for the short score but in the long run who wants to hire a jerk.  Be nice.
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Some people get lucky and go into sports announcing with no college degrees. However, it is a good idea to get a degree or experience of some sort to start off.\n\nGo into Media Broadcasting to begin with. As you narrow the field to being a sports announcer, look for internships that involve sports announcing, etc.
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Become a member of the press.
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I would suggest two steps.\n\nFirst of all, you will need to target your resume to the media positions you are interested in. Using a general resume that you send out to all jobs/industries doesn't work well.\n\nAnd second, you should look into career coaching or counseling.
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I would start on the local level.  Become involved in local politics and go to board and city council meetings.  Get on a board - easier ones like the Recreation Advisory Board, etc (Planning Commissions are usually entrenched political appointments).\n\nBecome an intern works as well.\n\nGet a degree in history, poly sci, sociology, etc.  More and more people are not voting for lawyers so I personally wouldn't go that route.
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If you aren't already a professional speaker, start with Toastmasters. \n\nDevelop your own presentation and market it to corporations or associations who might be interested. Once you've done a few paid gigs, THEN contact your local speakers bureau. \n\nOr, get all the education you can about your specific topic and bill yourself as a consultant ... who also is available for speaking engagements, and then only market the speaking aspect. \n\nYou have to have some kind of niche, though, because there are so many motivational speakers. Will you focus on faith? Overcoming depression? Families? Balancing life and career? Productivity at work? You'll need to know well before you join a bureau! Look up Tom Antion on the web, or someone like that, and get on their mailing list - they send you helpful info all the time.
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Become an influential speaker and a real quick on your feet people person,or get to be friends with people on Capitol Hill.  Then work for someone who has intrests Federal Law.  Basically, you are just working for a company or organization that wants to influence Federal laws.  But you also have to know alot about the organization you are talking about.  Oh yeah, and move to D.C.
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Public Relations, Human Resources.  Check out site below
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Your best option would be a degree in Communications or Journalism.  Look for a four-year program from an accredited university, preferably one that will offer you a Co-op placement (where you work and get paid at a real magazine during the summer).  You'll also want to look for opportunities to showcase your writing skills, from writing for the local newspaper to publishing an intelligent blog.
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Write letters to the Editor and have others do so on your behalf.  Meet as many in the community as is possible and leave them with your name in their hands.  Issue as many press releases as possible.  Offer people a ride to the polls.  All of these methods have proven effective. The main thing is if you are just getting started out is gaining name recognition and these are ways to do just that.
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just start working for a t.v. station or pr firm and try working yourself up the ladder.. good luck!!! :)