When I first read this article about the economic downturn and loss of jobs for mass communication students, I thought the future for my friends and I was looking fairly dismal. I was happy to see at the end that PR students are doing significantly better in finding jobs after graduation than any of our communication counterparts. I must admit, the whole time I was reading the article, I was thinking to myself, "Well, its a good thing I am trying to find a job outside of the country when I first get out of school."
The past few days I have been researching jobs in Europe varying from teaching English as a second language to working as some sort of communications person at high-end hostels. After I studied abroad two summers ago in Italy, I have been itching to get back to Europe. After reading that gloomy article, this seems like a better idea than I thought. I thought that it was very interesting that PR students are typically more inclined to take jobs outside their direct degree. I, myself, have always been open to jobs that might not fall under the traditional category of public relations. This information is definitely valuable, and I think we have an outstanding education that might give a lot of us an edge over some of our mass comm peer. :)
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