Early Career Professionals
For those in the early phase of their professional journey, PRSA offers a wide range of resources for growth and impact.
GET CAREER SUPPORT
Jobcenter
Find a job through the PRSA Jobcenter. Search jobs by keyword, job function, industry, organizational setting, job type or location.
Find a Mentor
PRSA supports professionals and students by connecting them with experienced specialists who will coach, lead and advise them through Mentor Connect.
GROW YOUR NETWORK
MyPRSA Forums
MyPRSA offers many community forums where members can learn, ask questions and share information.
New Professionals Section
With almost 500 members, this community allows you to network with peers that share your professional commitment and understand the unique challenges that new professionals face.
Join a Chapter
Our Chapters bring the Society's vast resources to your neighborhood. Adding a Chapter to your PRSA network enables you to become part of a tight-knit group of communications professionals in your community.
BUILD KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Professional Development
PRSA's extensive professional development programs offer communications professionals a wide variety of learning opportunities including live workshops, certificate programs and on-demand webinars.
Strategies & Tactics
Strategies & Tactics is a monthly publication offering lifelong learning to help members improve their job skills, stay competitive and advance their careers by providing helpful, how-to information and timely analysis of issues.
Digital Communication Certificate Program
Discover how to apply digital strategy across multiple channels to drive stronger results in a faster, more efficient manner.
DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL VALUES
Diverse Dialogues
A series of conversations with leaders in the profession about Diversity and Inclusion and the way forward.
Code of Ethics
PRSA is committed to ethical practices. The level of public trust PRSA members seek, as we serve the public good, means we have taken on a special obligation to operate ethically.
WEBINARS
From webinars and workshops to certifications and conferences, PRSA offers new professionals a world of opportunities to sharpen their skills and stay on top of the latest trends.
The following is a sample of events and programming available to all professionals. PRSA members enjoy complimentary or discounted access, getting the value that translates into 3X the annual membership fee on average!
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PRSA 2025 Health Academy Conference
Oct 27 – 28, 2025
Washington, D.C.
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Educators Academy Summit
Oct 27, 2025
Washington, D.C.
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PRSA ICON 2025
Oct 28 – 30, 2025
Washington, DC
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APR Virtual Boot Camp
Nov 5 – 7, 2025
This course is designed to provide a setting for busy professionals to focus on final preparations. We strongly recommend that candidates complete previous preparations through their local chapter, on their own or by taking the APR Online Course. (This is not a seminar for those beginning their APR journey.) -
Strategic Communications for Associations and Nonprofits Certificate Program
Nov 5 – Dec 17, 2025
For associations and nonprofits, effective communication is not a luxury — it’s a necessity for advancing mission, maintaining trust and demonstrating value to members, donors, policymakers and the public. Yet in many organizations, communications efforts are under-resourced, reactive or misaligned with strategic priorities. -
PRSA 2025 FutureCon
Nov 5 – 7, 2025
Designed for executive, C-suite and management level communicators, this future-forward event will bring together industry leaders and innovators to share the latest trends, data and insights shaping communications and public relations.
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Storytelling Intensive Webinar Series
Dec 30, 2099 5:01 AM – 6:01 a.m.
In this pair of hands-on webinars, you’ll build an inventory of potential stories for the biggest issues your stakeholders face; then you’ll have a chance to road test them with your peers and get direct feedback from storytelling expert, coach and author Rob Biesenbach. -
Trademarks, Copyrights and Publicity Rights: An Explanation of Intellectual Property and the Digital Space
Dec 30, 2099 5:01 AM – 6:01 a.m.
Intellectual property law can appear mystifying to the very people it is intended to protect: you. This webinar provides participants with an understanding of the basics of trademark, copyright and right of publicity law, to help navigate the balance between freedom of speech and intellectual property -
The "Golden Rule" to the "Rubber Band Rule": How to Adapt Leadership Skills in Evolving Times to Build Respect and Trust
Dec 30, 2099 5:01 AM – 6:01 a.m.
Join this webinar to learn how respect is dynamic, relative, contradictory and subjective, and discovery how to apply it every day in the workplace and in your personal life. -
Corporate Environment and Personal Identity: Why Understanding Culture Is Key to Employee Engagement
Dec 30, 2099 5:01 AM – 6:01 a.m.
Join this PRSA Learning Webinar where we will discuss the types of cultures that exist in organizations, key points to remember about personal identity, and how that information can be used to build a meaningful employee engagement program. -
How to Evolve Your Leadership Style So People Will Follow You Despite Any Uncertainty
Dec 30, 2099 5:01 AM – 6:01 a.m.
Join this PRSA Learning Webinar to learn about how you can be the kind of leader that people will want to follow, no matter what lies ahead.