vox-popPRcareers » Independent consultants http://www.vox-pop.co.uk amplify your career in PR Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:09:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 News: Be independent – another option for the industry http://www.vox-pop.co.uk/2009/09/25/news-be-independent-another-option-for-the-industry-final/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news-be-independent-another-option-for-the-industry-final http://www.vox-pop.co.uk/2009/09/25/news-be-independent-another-option-for-the-industry-final/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:45:41 +0000 Kagem Tibaijuka http://www.vox-pop.co.uk/?p=42

Job vacancies are continuing to disappear as figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show. There were a total of over 430,000 job vacancies in all sectors leading up to August 2009. This was down from 174,000 in 2008. The reduction in vacancies could have a domino effect, leading people to look at other ways to work.

Elaine Levy, chair of the Independent Public Relations Consultants (PRI) says: “I would imagine because of the companies suffering the recession, lots of PRs have gone on their own now.”

Levy founded Birkett PR in the 1980s. The independent PR tells vox-pop: “Obviously large agencies are suffering. They may cut back or they may only take on freelancers.” According to the ONS, redundancies have gone up from by over 100,000 since 2008 across all sectors of employment.

In a £6.5 billion industry, being independent could be your alternative to the traditional route of making it in PR.

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Job vacancies are continuing to disappear as figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show. There were a total of over 430,000 job vacancies in all sectors leading up to August 2009. This was down from 174,000 in 2008. The reduction in vacancies could have a domino effect, leading people to look at other ways to work.

Elaine Levy, chair of the Independent Public Relations Consultants (PRI) says: “I would imagine because of the companies suffering the recession, lots of PRs have gone on their own now.”

Levy founded Birkett PR in the 1980s. The independent PR tells vox-pop: “Obviously large agencies are suffering. They may cut back or they may only take on freelancers.” According to the ONS, redundancies have gone up from by over 100,000 since 2008 across all sectors of employment.

In a £6.5 billion industry, being independent could be your alternative to the traditional route of making it in PR.

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