OES Code: 340080

SAN DIEGO 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
850	1,050	24%	200	140	340

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALISTS & PUBLICITY WRITERS IN SAN DIEGO 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
8661	Religious organizations
8743	Public relations services
8748	Business consulting services, all other
7311	Advertising agencies
8731	Commercial physical & biological research
9030	Local government, except education
8062	General medical & surgical hospitals
9010	Federal government
8641	Civic, social & fraternal associations
8422	Arboreta, botanical and zoological gardens
6062	Credit unions, not federally chartered
4832	Radio broadcasting stations
7011	Hotels, motels, & tourist courts
7371	Computer programming services
7922	Theatrical producers & services (exc motion pictures)
8322	Individual & family social services
8732	Commercial economic & sociologic research
6531	Real estate agents & managers
1521	General contractors--single-family houses
4724	Travel agencies
6371	Pension, health & welfare funds
6411	Insurance agents, brokers & services
7941	Professional sports clubs & promoters

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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