Crystal Ball Gazing. Practitioners are evenly divided on whether their compensation will rise significantly this year. Those earning the most are more optimistic. As could be expected, those with the higher annual salaries are far more likely than their lower paid colleagues to bring such items to the table. If a company is considering placing an ad for a well-paid PR professional, it might reconsider.
Older bosses look most highly upon job candidates with long service at a single company.
More PR practitioners say they would not be prejudiced against hiring job seekers who were terminated from their last jobs. Even some of the best paid PR practitioners, according to the survey, have not been immune from terminations. The more senior the executive, the more likely the new company is to financially support the move. This number is slightly lower among older practitioners and those earning more money. The Heyman Survey also asked public relations practitioners to write in the name of the city they would most like to work in and their PR dream job.