A Career in Public Relations

       Over my fall break I did not "break" as much as I worked. The first day of Fall break I went to work with my mom at AAA of the Carolinas. While I was there I spent two hours in the Communications department talking with different people about what their role in the department was. I spent the majority of of the time speaking with Angela Davey Director of Communications. She told me all about what she did and gave me some advice. In her job she is over running the magazine, writing press releases, talking to the media and running the remainder of the communications department. Before being in public relations she was an English teacher with experience as a free lance writer and editor of the Charlotte Observer. Some of the advice she gave me was to get involved in the paper or magazine, do volunteer work and to learn a variety of skills.
         The only information that I have learned that has worried me was the amount of research they do and Angela Daley said they use math in everyday work. Even though I am worried about the amount of research I was reassure when I talked to Whitney, manager of traffic safety, she said that researching is much easier when it is something that you are interested in. Though I hate math it is supposed to be simple math.
      I do see myself enjoying this career, when I was talking to Angela Davey she said that some of the skills required are to be a quick and efficient writer, organized, detailed oriented, creative and a good communicator. All of the skills are skills that I have, which reassures me in pursuing this career. They do a variety of things in the field including running social media sites, putting together magazines and writing stories for the press of a company. Doing research was very rewarding and I feel that I have learned a lot.