Archive for June, 2010

46 per cent of PRs think the industry pays well

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Surveys on 25/06/2010

The second result from our survey about finance for PRs has revealed that 46 per cent of PRs think the industry pays well. As you can see from the diagram below, this was the majority. We had 37 responses from PRs via Twitter, who completed the questionnaire using Surveymonkey. 16.2 per cent said they did [...]

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78 per cent of PRs say they are spenders when it comes to personal finance

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Surveys on 24/06/2010

vox-popPRcareers conducted a unique survey among 37 PROs to discover their personal finance attitude within the prism of their career. As a salary is a by-product of a career, our survey sought to discover if there were any trends that PROs had with personal finance. Our first result is fascinating: when asked if they were spenders [...]

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Is Twitter more useful for PR graduates than LinkedIn?

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Features on 14/06/2010

LinkedIn now has more than over 60 million members, and Twitter is growing every day. However, which one is more useful for graduates in PR? David Russell, a University of Nottingham graduate says: “I think LinkedIn is a good way of connecting to other professionals that you have worked with or done business with but [...]

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60 per cent of aspiring PRs send speculative job applications to employers

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Chart, Surveys on 10/06/2010

Our final result from our survey is one of the most interesting. Despite the rise of social media and the increased focus put on networking, speculative job applications are still being made. Within PR for graduates and students, 60 per cent of those surveyed say they do send speculative applications to employers. 40 per cent [...]

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52 per cent of PR graduates and students have found work placements using social media

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Surveys on 08/06/2010

Our next result from our survey of 57 PR graduates and students reveals how social media has affected their search for work placements and internships. 52 per cent of the respondents said that they found work placements using social media tools. Matt Alder, a social recruiting expert and founder of MetaShift says: “Most recruitment has [...]

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More than 25 per cent of graduates in PR are unsure about LinkedIn

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Surveys on 08/06/2010

In our second result of our social media survey for PR graduates and PR students, we have found that more than 25 per cent of the 57 respondents were unsure if LinkedIn was useful. As our pie chart above shows, 28.6 per cent of the respondents were unsure if LinkedIn was useful. 14.3 per cent [...]

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75 per cent of PR Graduates and students say Twitter is their favourite social media tool

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Surveys on 05/06/2010

In vox-popPRcareers first social media survey for PR graduates and students, there have been some fascinating results. In the coming week, vox-popPRcareers will reveal what the 57 recent graduates aspiring to work in PR and PR students thought about social media and how it affects their future careers. 75 per cent of PR graduates and [...]

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How Ekaterina Aleksandrova organised a PR internship competition from scratch

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Interview on 02/06/2010

Ekaterina Aleksandrova is one of the brightest stars of graduates in PR. Ekaterina was the mind behind the Wanted: Super Intern competition, hosted by London Metropolitan University. The premise of the competition was PR students would compete for an internships at PR agencies. It was a brilliant success. In this feature, Ekaterina,who in her spare [...]

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