OES Code: 340080

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALISTS & PUBLICITY WRITERS

Public Relations Specialists and Publicity Writers include workers concerned with promoting or creating good will for individuals, groups, or organizations by writing or selecting favorable publicity material and releasing it through various communication media, they also prepare and arrange displays, making speeches, and performing related publicity efforts.

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PROJECTED ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT (excluding self-employed)

Number Working in this Occupation --- Year --- 1995 2002		Percent Change	Increase/ Decrease	Additional Openings Due to People Chang- ing Occupations or Retiring	Sum of Increase/Decrease and Additional Openings
3,630	4,210	16%	580	570	1,150

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALISTS & PUBLICITY WRITERS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY

The following are the types of firms that employ the most workers in this occupation within this county. They are listed in order from largest to smallest.

Industry Code (SIC)	Industry Title
8221	Colleges, universities & professional schools
7812	Motion picture & video tape production
8743	Public relations services
8661	Religious organizations
7311	Advertising agencies
8741	Management services
8062	General medical & surgical hospitals
9030	Local government, except education
8748	Business consulting services, all other
7922	Theatrical producers & services (exc motion pictures)
7361	Employment agencies
8322	Individual & family social services
8732	Commercial economic & sociologic research
6022	State commercial banks
7948	Racing, including track operation
7929	Entertainment & entertainment groups
4724	Travel agencies
6719	Holding companies, exc bank
8222	Junior colleges & technical institutes

Look in the yellow pages of the phone book under the above or similar industry titles, or look in employer directories in libraries. Directories such as Business Prospector, California Services Register and those by chambers of commerce often list firms by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.

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