I have a bachelor’s degree in Journalism (2001), have been working in sports marketing full-time since then (six years at one job and one at my present).
Mainly website management (design and writing), public relations (press releases), event management and assisting marketing director.
In general I like what I do, but don’t feel my marketable skills are worth much nowadays.
It’s great that I have steady work, at a good job but feel like my career is floundering a bit. And I’m not making much money.
Anyone can suggest a way to jump start my engine? Thanks for any and all ideas!
P.S.
I’m not one of those corporate-job types. Prefer more casual, but professional environments.
Grad degree might not be best option at this time. Two kids and a mortgage limit my time and money, plus the university is a 40+ minute drive after work (on a good day).
Project manager option is a good idea, though. Hadn’t considered it! Thanks, I’ll look into it.
http://bobgeiger.blogspot.com/2006/10/religious-right-strangely-silent-about.html
Quote:
If there’s one thing you have to concede to America’s Religious Right, it’s that these folks have an amazing media and public relations network and can issue press releases, get on television and radio and, when they really want to, mobilize their lemming-like flock faster than Jack Abramoff can bribe a Republican Congressman.
And yet here we sit, four days after it was revealed that Republican Congressman Mark Foley was using the Internet to go after teenaged boys, and all you can hear from our own little version of the Taliban is dead quiet and crickets chirping.
Odd, isn’t it? The same people who can move their followers to boycott any company that believes *** people even have the right to exist, can’t muster much outrage over one of their own preying on young boys and, more importantly, the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives ignoring it to save their political hides
I have been actively looking for employment in the fields of Advertising and Public Relations. Problem is that the only thing I can find is jobs that want me to sell useless things to the public outside of local businesses. I have taken courses in special events and promotions as well as creating billboards. I have even taken a campaigns class. I don’t exactly know where to look. I have tried career builder, yahoo hot jobs as well as monster. Still I keep getting everything but the companies that I am looking for. I know there has to be Advertising agencies in this city. The problem is I don’t know where to look. Any help would be greatly appreciated.