Five tips for finding a PR job in Washington, DC

June 20, 11:38 PMDC Marketing and PR ExaminerMary Fletcher Jones

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The PRSA-NCC web site lists PR job openings

Looking for a public relations position in the Washington, DC metropolitan area? Here are a number of great resources to check out!

1. The National Capital Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (http://www.PRSA-NCC.org) lists PR job openings in the area on their website. 

2. Also check out Washington Women in Public Relations (http://www.WWPR.org).  If you subscribe to their newsletter, you will get monthly notification of job openings.

Both of these groups offer very good networking oppportunities.  

3. A third good local resource is Capitol Communicator, which lists local PR jobs (http://www.capitolcommunicator.com).  Also check their calendar for events related to job search.

4. If you are looking for temp to permanent PR job openings, the person you want to talk to is Kate Perrin, at PRofessional Solutions (http://www.prstaffing.com/.  Please tell her Mary Fletcher Jones sent you!  

You can follow her blog, The Capital Buzz, at http://capitalbuzz.blogspot.com  I recommend you subscribe to this blog. It will keep you up-to-date on all the PR happenings in the Washington metro area.

5. Finally, last I heard, Levick Strategic Communications and Booz-Allen Hamilton were hiring for PR positions at all levels.

Good luck to you in your job search!