OES Code: 340080

CONTRA COSTA 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
210	250	19%	40	30	70

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALISTS & PUBLICITY WRITERS IN CONTRA COSTA 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
6719	Holding companies, exc bank
8748	Business consulting services, all other
8661	Religious organizations
8743	Public relations services
8221	Colleges, universities & professional schools
8062	General medical & surgical hospitals
1311	Crude petroleum & natural gas extraction
9030	Local government, except education
8741	Management services
7311	Advertising agencies
8322	Individual & family social services
4813	Telephone communications, exc radio-telephone
7361	Employment agencies
7374	Data processing & preparation services
4841	Cable & other pay television services
6411	Insurance agents, brokers & services
8222	Junior colleges & technical institutes
8732	Commercial economic & sociologic research
2711	Newspaper publishers
6531	Real estate agents & managers
9010	Federal government
6036	Savings institutions, not federally chartered
7997	Membership sports & recreation clubs
7999	Amusement & recreation services, all other

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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