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Related Resources

• Career Education Center -- Simmons career counseling
• CareerLink-- Simmons online recruiting
• CA$H -- Simmons work study and on-campus jobline
• Alumnet Professional Connections
• School of Management Library -- additional career and business resources at Simmons
• Study Abroad Office

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Public Relations

Descriptive Career Information | Job Banks and Searching Advice | Employer Directories | Associations

Descriptive Career Information

Occupational Outlook Handbook-Public Relations Specialists
Information about the nature of public relations work, training and advancement, working conditions, competition, earnings, and related occupations.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos086.htm

Job Banks and Searching Advice

Adweek
Adweek magazine has a classified section in which you can browse jobs and post your resume. The site also has useful industry news and job-searching tips.
http://www.adweek.com/aw/index.jsp

All About Public Relations
The independently maintained website All About Public Relations features good career advice articles written by public relations experts.
http://aboutpublicrelations.net/jobsinpr.htm

Opportunities in Public Affairs
Opportunities in Public Affairs lists select public relations jobs in the Washington, D.C. area for free. A subscription fee is required to view all 200 of their job listings.
http://www.brubach.com/pr.htm

Public Relations Society of America
Their web site has a free active national job board and, for a fee, they will make résumés available to potential employers.
http://www.prsa.org/

PRWEEK Jobs
Register for this national job database from PR Week to recieve job alerts matching your credentials.
http://www.prweekjobs.com/home/index.cfm

See Also: General Job Banks and Searching Advice

Employer Directories

The Holmes Report-Best Agencies
The public relations newsletter The Holmes Report offers a list of the 50 best public relations agencies to work for.
http://www.holmesreport.com/agencies/bestagencies_top10.cfm

Associations

Advertising Women of New York
Professional organization for women in the Advertising Industry in the New York area, includes newsletter, calendar of events, career advice and job bank.
http://www.awny.org/

American Advertising Federation
National professional organization with conference information as well as its own job bank.
http://www.aaf.org/

American Association of Advertising Agencies
National trade association for advertising agency business professionals.
http://www.aaaa.org/eweb/startpage.aspx

Council of Public Relations Firms
Membership organization for public relations firms represents the business of public relations.
http://www.prfirms.org/

Public Relations Society of America
The world's largest professional organization for public relations practitioners. There is also a Boston Chapter with a Young Professionals Member Group and a Student Society.
http://www.prsa.org/

See Also

Communications

English/Publishing

Marketing

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Page updated: February 29, 2008