Comments on: Are PR graduates ready to be their own boss?

By: Jill Blake

Jill Blake — Sun, 11 May 2008 11:39:23 +0000

Thank you Heather

By: Katie Schirmer

Katie Schirmer — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:16:30 +0000

Hi,
I am a junior in the Mass Comunication dept. at Towson University in Maryland. I enjoyed this post- I am among those graduates (or future grads) you mentioned who have not really considered freelance/self-employment.

Although advertising is my track, I have recently been considering a career in PR. And I also never really thought about the fact that PR practioners are their own commodities, though I completely agree with you. Marketing my own “brand value” is essential to my career and something I really need to work on, especially as graduation approaches.

Thanks for this post-it really got me thinking!

By: Heather Yaxley

Heather Yaxley — Sun, 04 May 2008 11:58:26 +0000

Sounds great Jill - good luck with the new job.

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By: Jill Blake

Jill Blake — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:27:19 +0000

I have found stepping from freelance/contract roles into full-time PR the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life. Granted, they weren’t with big name agencies; could this be partly why they paled into insignificance at interview stage?

But, I started a new job last Monday in healthcare PR and I’m fully integrated and in fact sit alongside my marketing colleagues! I’m very excited.

By: Richard Bailey

Richard Bailey — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:19:19 +0000

I worked for myself for ten years, and can operate quite happily and autonomously outside a corporate team. It’s more efficient that way: the time spent in meetings or commuting can be spent in productive work.

But in reality the workload was much more varied as I often stepped in-house full-time in order to cover for eg maternity leave (a good niche when so many PR managers are young females.)

What’s new about the Honda post is that it’s giving someone the chance to start off self-employed but in secure employment. I’d say it’s a great opportunity.