Church of England has stated that it is against the idea of product placement. What could be useful is career placement instead. Here are my five career placement strategies that you could implement in PR.
1) Recruitment agencies
Profilescreative does source PR recruitment in London. PR roles they recruit for include junior account executives and PR coordinators. This may be a good idea to have a look at if you are looking for a permanent career, as opposed to just a job.
2) Surround yourself with like-minded individuals
Are your friends as career-ambitious as you? I think it may be a good idea to have ‘career chats’ once a week with a friend who wants to thrive in PR as good as you do. It could be a short 10 minute conversation where you both update each other on how well you are doing in both of your quests. This is good for morale and motivation.
3) Investing time on LinkedIn
I really think LinkedIn is going to continue playing a huge role in how people network online. Try encouraging your friends to encourage their co-workers to join. This gives you the potential to link and connect to a wider pool of contacts.
4) Emailing PR contacts…every now and then
I think emailing your contacts you met on work experience every now and then is a good idea. This is an ideal way of building relationships because you are showing how interested you in keeping in touch. I think as long as this is done genuinely it works. I have done it when I am emailing journalists and I think it helps to keep you on your contacts radar.
5) Improving your PR experience
With this strategy, I don’t necessarily mean doing another internship. You could start your own blog about PR. From this blog, you could then try and market it to niche publications in other to get more exposure. Or you could conduct an experiment where you use Twitter to see how many followers you can get in one month and to make it even more competitive, do this with the friend you have career chats with. Anything that keeps you working, whether or not it is DIY is a good thing in my eyes.