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PUBLIC RELATIONS CAREERS : It’s a typical morning and public relations (PR) practitioners are at work, crafting political messages, getting positive editorial coverage and promoting a bank’s expertise. If you choose to work in the field of PR, you could find yourself just about anywhere.

Public relations centres around managing communication and public perception about organisations, people, products, or specific issues. Career FAQs Public Relations gives you the inside scoop from a national sales and marketing manager, media adviser, marketing and communications consultant, assistant director of media and public affairs, account manager, core values and corporate communications manager, PR consultant, managing director and media development officer. Find out what’s happening in the industry right now, what employers are looking for, and how best to get your foot in the door.

If you love researching and organising, writing and speaking well, tight deadlines, solving problems and making decisions, if you’re ambitious, outgoing and a good communicator, you just might have what it takes to enter this interesting and exciting profession.