Strat Comm Jobs

As implied by the title for my TCU PR class i was involved in a small group that researched information on PR jobs in the job market today. So just to relate these job seeking tips to other in the PR world i decided that I would give a brief summary on my blog. In this project I looked up key words for people to include in search words as well as into the resumes people seeking PR jobs. Some of the basic key words I found were these:

1. Project management skills
2. Passionate
3. Networking skills
4. Learn by doing, not by watching
5. Confident
6. Skills in written, phone and computer communication
7. Well-organized
8. Effectively manage workload
9. Goal-oriented
10. Motivated
11. Responsible
12. Maintain work relationships
13. Professionalism
14. Integrity
15. Interest in new technology
16. Work with others
17. Illustrate passion
18. Manage social networking sites (i.e. twitter)
19. Reliable
20. Outgoing, enthusiastic

These words were the most common in the employers job ad for PR entry-level positions. Along with these search terms, I reviewed job ads through several search business engines that are commonly used when people look for jobs. I used several search engines and ultimately came to the conclusion that to be a casual job seeker or student seeking an internship it is no problem to use just about any search engine but when it really comes to seriously seeking a job in the PR industry, it is much safer and overall better to use secure jobs search sites like yahoohotjobs.com and monster.com. Still your best bet is probably to ultimately check with the companies that you are interested in.