How can I become a public relation officer? What starting salary can I expect?

The first and foremost thing that requires to become a PRO (Public Relations Officer) is to have the power to manipulate people. If you have the right communication skill set along with confidence over your words then you are good to go to take the first step of the infinity. You must be aware about the daily happenings of the society and understand the needs of your clients and how can you put him/her in front of the media to deliver his views and opinions. Again, you should have excellent relationship with the media personal because they are the people responsible for your trust gaining in front of your client. All these things can be achieved after taking a proper course that gives you the right exposure and perfect training to understand everything. A good college always provides you the best of media relationships right from the beginning so that it becomes really easy on your part to clear your path.The average salary of an account executive varies between 22000 to 30000 INR depending upon how good you are at handling the stuffs. This is a great field where you have the liberty to express your creativeness.

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Hello, Public relations officer is an organizational job. In order to understand how you can become a public relations officer, first you have to know what they do. The main responsibilities of a PR officer are to make a communication channel between the organization and media. This is the reason why in some organisations a PR officer is also pronounced as media relations officers. Hence, the process is simple. You need to do Masters in public relations (preferably MA in public relations) from a top and prestigious university because the necessity of a PR officer is generally in top corporate structure and these companies do want candidates from a low and downgraded college. So, to be the Public Relation Officer at a good organisation, you first have to do Bachelors (preferably BJMC, BA in PR) and then Masters in that particular subjects followed by good academics. The salary can be anything between 30,000 to 70,000 per month depending upon your experience.

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A public relations officer is generally a post graduate in any stream, the preferable thing is mass comm. and/or a language. The pro has the responsibility to enhance the outreach of the organisation into media. The courses studied do have pr and corporate communication as subjects.There are specialisation available in corporate communication as well as PR. You can even do a Master's degree or a PG Diploma in PR and advertising management via distance or regular.A distance mode can be done if someone has limitations for regular. There are dedicated PR and Advt. MA offered as degree and allow one to manage these things. The salary question is tricky: without being knowing which position the candidate aims at, no answer can be shared. The process of becoming a journalist will take time. Salary can be 15k to 50k per month for an experienced and skilled person.

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Public relation officer is the bridge between the organisation and the common people. They are communication specialist who conveys the organizations work to the public. Now a day many companies and NGOs have their own pros to connect directly with the public. To become a PRO you must have Bachelor's degree in public relations or mass communication. Sometimes English honors can also work. You have to be aware of every aspect of your organisation you are working for. In the start, your salary can be something between Rs. 15000 to 20,000. But as you grow your salary can reach upto 1lac or more. A PRO has to create proposals, annual reports, script, speeches, presentations and much more. They are the only people from any organisation who directly talks with media. So, they must have good contacts. A PRO should have strong interpersonal, organizational, problem-solving, research, and communication skills.

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Public Relation officer is also known as a communication specialist and act as a mediator between an organisation and the public. Pros can work for Ngos, corporations or even government agencies. The basic work of a public relation officer is to provide journalists with information about their organisation's activities, coordinating public appearances for business representatives and participating in marketing activities. The first step to enter into this profession is to get a Bachelor degree in public relation, mass communication or English honors. The second step would be learning the major aspects of public relations principles and techniques, public relations management and administration, including organizational development, writing, emphasizing news releases, proposals, annual reports, scripts, speeches, and related items, visual communications, including desktop publishing and computer graphics, and research, emphasizing social science research and survey design and implementation.once you are through all this, you will get a job of a Public Relation Officer. They can expect to get nearly Rs.15,000 to Rs.20,000 as far as a starter is concerned. After gaining some on job experience one can earn as good as Rs.25,000 per month and more.

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