Public Relations and I

Note: I apologise that this is a little out-of-date, I've been writing my blogs without posting them.

 

I can honestly say I’ve never considered myself a Public Relations student. Whenever I’m asked whether I’d like to pursue the PR or journalism aspect of my degree I invariably respond by saying; “Journalism. The PR is sort of a back-up.” Journalism is what I’ve wanted to pursue since primary school and as a result I’ve always somewhat coasted through my PR units. However, my view on PR is slowly beginning to change.

My view of public relations first started to change when I was looking at where I could get a placement. As I was using regular employment sites, such as Seek, I was coming across real job listings and it was hard not to imagine myself in those jobs. I couldn’t help but think things like; “That sounds like a decent job”, or “I could do that.” Maybe it was all that time focused on journalism, but I’d never understood how many different avenues there are when you go down the public relations path. Being able to dedicate a career to working in social media was something that continues to stick with me, I can’t help but think that would be a great job. It also helps that starting salaries in public relations tend to be a lot higher than in journalism.

I have a full semester of PR units ahead of me so I think I’ll definitively be able to say if I’d like to pursue PR by the end of the year. If I can stand basically studying PR full-time for the next few months than I think I’ll really be able to pursue a career in Public Relations.

Oh by the way, I’ve secured my placement at Perth Glory so if I can’t stand doing PR there, I don’t think I’ll be able to cop doing it anywhere.