1. Public Relations Specialists By Merelyn A.

2. Public Relations Specialist  A Public Relation Specialist handless organization functions such as media, community, consumer, industry, employee. They must establish and maintain cooperative relationships with them and with broadcast journalism.

3. Salary Range & Benefits The salary can vary in the type of company you are working for: Advertising $50,000 Management $48,000 Business labor $45,000 Local Gov. $40,000 Universities $38,000

4. FUTURE OUTLOOK Employment of public relations specialist is expected to GROW FASTER THAN AVERAGE. The need for good public relations in an increasingly competitive business environment should create more job opportunities in the field.

5. SKILSS  CREATIVITY  INITIATIVE  ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY ARE ESSENTIAL  ORGANIZED  ABLE TO HANDLE PEOPLE AND PRESSURE

6. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS Bachelor’s or Postsecondary degree in Public Relations, generally in journalism, Business or Marketing.

7. TRANSFER RESEARCH The school of Business at University at Albany offers degree in Business. BS Binghamton University offers BS, MBA, Executive MBA, in management.

8. Opportunities for Advancement In public relations firms, a beginner might be hired as a research assistant or account coordinator and be promoted to account executive, senior account executive, account manager, and eventually vice president. Promotion to supervisory jobs may come to public relations specialists who show that they can handle more demanding assignments.

9. Job Opportunities  Media Relations Specialist-Public Relations- Spherion Corporation-Fort Lauderdale Media Relations Specialist-Public Relations- Spherion Corporation-Fort Lauderdale  INVESTOR RELATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALIST Company: Sonus Networks  Advertising/ Marketing/ Public Relations Company: AppleOne

10. Professional Association Consulting Firms - Campbell Alliance. - Deutsche Post World Net In house Consulting. - Anderson Economic Groups.

11. Bibliography  http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos086.htmhttp://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos086.htm  http://jobview.monster.com http://jobview.monster.com  http://albany.edu http://albany.edu  Htttp:adelphi.edu  http:managementschools.com  http: consulting firms. com