PRSA Jobcenter

PRSA Jobcenter is the most targeted community of public relations and communications jobs. PRSA Jobcenter connects you with more than 77,000 potential employees, including 21,000 PRSA members and nearly 10,000 PRSSA students. View hundreds of public relations and communications jobs and other career-related opportunities, such as finding a job mentor.

Following significant improvements in 2008, PRSA again upgraded the Jobcenter in 2009 with added features and increased functionality, including a "Featured Jobs" upgrade, "Ask the Experts" forum, job-match test, job-hunting tips, resume guide and resume critique service.

As of year-end 2009, the PRSA Jobcenter is the #1 Google search result for "public relations jobs,"
and page views have jumped by 40 percent over 2008.
 

JOBCENTER FEATURES

For Jobseekers:

• Enjoy free resume posting.
• Explore hundreds of communications and public relations job postings.
• Create a detailed, anonymous candidate profile.
• Uncover job opportunities immediately via e-mailed job alerts.
• Find entry-level jobs easily in your location of choice  below the “states” field on the View Jobs page.
• Sign up for a feed for any or all of the following categories:
  • Communications.
  • Public relations.
  • Community relations.
  • Media relations.
• Obtain tips for job hunting.
• Sign up to receive the Jobcenter Bulletin, which features career tips from top recruiters.
• View excerpts from the Spring Associates' salary report for public relations agencies and corporate communications.
• Job seekers have access to free career advice from mentors in the Jobcenter Mentorship Program. This program was featured on CBS’ “The Early Show,” which followed aspiring professionals as they sought public relations jobs.
• Search for articles in the career library for additional expert career tips.
• Access the Ask the Experts program, which enables job seekers to pose questions such as what to say and not say in interviews, how to respond to salary requirement queries, what to do if resumes are not pulling interviews, tips for networking, career transitioning, and much more.

For Employers:

• Post an entry-level position for $165 — the post will be distributed to 10,000 PRSSA Students.
• Post a job at a college or university for $150.
• Post a freelance position for $100.
• Post an internship position for $50.
• Ease your budget crunch with PRSA's 25 percent discount on job postings to the following groups [contact Richard Spector at (212) 460-1406 for the discount code; custom packages also are available]:
  • Public relations agencies.
  • Nonprofit organizations.
  • Government organizations.
• Receive an automatic 20 percent discount on all posting options if you have posted two or more jobs to Jobcenter in the past year.
• Elevate the prominence of your job posting for a low additional cost. The posting will appear at the top of PRSA's home page, which receives more than 400,000 monthly page views, and at the top of an e-mail blast to nearly 25,000 targeted job seekers.
• Pre-screen qualified applicants with candidate pre-screening filter technology.
• Organize your search using the candidate management tools.
• Distribute your detailed company profile, along with your logo.
• Search the resume bank, selecting from a host of criteria, such as the APR designation, by logging in to your employer account and selecting "view resumes."
• Gain from the exposure that comes from the PRSA Jobcenter section, one of the most frequently visited areas of www.prsa.org with more than 100,000 monthly job views. The section also is home to a targeted online community of 25,000+ public relations and communications professionals, as well as PRSA's 31,000 members, including 10,000 students.