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CMU Career Services provides students with current job listings. For more information about careers in public relations, visit the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) web sites.

Public Relations Skills
The IPR major will prepare you to meet the demands of the growing public relations industry by teaching you the essential skills to be successful in public relations. Some examples of skills you will learn in the program include:

• Effective written communication
• Persuasive speaking and presentations
• Computers
• Production
• Research and information gathering
• Editing
• Layout and design
• Problem solving
• Decision making
• Conceptualizing
• Networking
• Time management
• Strategic Planning