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CIPR Careers Day

26 November 2007

Full details for the 2007 Careers Day will be published here on 7 September, including programme and booking form. In the meantime, you can find information from the 2006 conference below.

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About Careers Day

CIPR Careers Days are the only events of their kind, dedicated to providing information on careers in public relations. Read on to find out what Careers Day involved and how delegates benefited from attending.

What happened on the day?

Top practitioners delivered a series of presentations arming delegates with information, tips and advice to help kick-start your career in PR.

Who attended?

Careers Day was open to all. Delegates we're undergraduates contemplating a career in PR… graduates, not sure where to go next…or working in a completely unrelated field and wanted to know how you can get into PR.

Move into PR - Conference Programme

9.00-9.45 - Registration and exhibition

9.45-10.00 - Chair’s welcome and introduction
Kevin Taylor FCIPR, Director, Companycare Communications

10.00-10.20 - PR & the integrated communications mix
Margot Raggett, Operations Director, Lexis PR
What is PR and what role does it play in the advertising, marketing and communications mix?
10.20-10.30 - Question time 1
10.30-11.00 - Refreshment break
11.00- 11.20 - PR Consultancies
Stephen Davies, Account Executive, Edelman
What do they do? What are the pros/cons of working in a consultancy? What do they look for in recruits?
11.20-11.35 - Question time 2
11.35-11.55 - In-house PR departments
Kirsten Harvey, Press Officer, TFL
What do they do? What are the pros/cons of working in-house? What do they look for in recruits?
11.55-12.10 - Question time 3
12.10-1.10 - Lunch
(A light buffet lunch will be provided)
1.10-1.30 - The campaign
Enda Joyce, Senior Consultant, Media Strategy
Case study of a public relations campaign
1.30-1.40 - Question time 4
1.40-2.05 - Making your first move
Mark Ramsdale ACIPR, Head of Education Policy, CIPR
Learn more about PR training, work placements and the benefits of graduate trainee schemes
2.05-2.20 - Question time 5
2.20-2.50 - Refreshment break
2.50-3.20 - Case studies
Hear from students about work placements and getting into PR without a PR degree

How the CIPR can help you!
Stephen Pembroke, Ceres Partnership

Moving into PR with a non-PR degree
Ruth Allman, Media Communications Officer, Reading Borough Council

3.20-3.35 - Question time 6
3.35-4.05 - Effective CVs and interview techniques
Emma Dale, Director, Prospect Resources
4.05-4.20 - Question Time 7
4.20-4.30 - Chair closes

Read about the speakers here.  

Exhibitors

Exhibitors to date are below. This list will be updated as new exhibitors are announced.

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