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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What Every Crisis Communicator Needs to Know About the Federal, State and Local Integrated System for Warnings and Alerts
Sep 17, 2025 3:00 PM – 4:00 p.m.
The Public Affairs and Government Section Quarterly Lunch and Learn is pleased to present a special guest for our discussion on emergency and disaster alerts and warnings. -
PRSA Storytellers: Human + Machine: The New PR Strike Force
Sep 17, 2025 3:00 PM – 4:00 p.m.
This webinar will explore how misinformation becomes a reputational and operational threat — and what it takes to detect risk in time to respond. We’ll examine how AI can help surface risk patterns at scale, and why human judgment remains essential to distinguish emerging threats from noise, confirming whether content reflects real issues or misinformation. -
PRSA Mid-Atlantic & SouthEast District Joint Conference
Sep 18, 2025
You’ll connect with peers, share best practices, and build a network of talented colleagues and make new friends! -
Privacy-Led Communications in 2025 and Beyond: Best Practices in the AI Era
Sep 23, 2025 1:00 PM – 2:00 p.m.
Join this Technology Section discussion about the key aspects of privacy trends as well as strategies every communicator needs to build trust, protect reputation and remain compliant. -
PRSA 2025 IPA VirtuCon
Sep 24, 2025 12:00 PM – 4:30 p.m.
This half-day conference features keynotes and sessions that focus on “the business of the business,” working ON the business, not just IN the business! -
Unlocking Better Measurement Using Your Team's Current Tools, Skills and Resources
Sep 25, 2025 12:00 PM – 1:00 p.m.
n this session, we'll discuss the Data-Driven Communications Maturity Model that helps comms pros identify ways to unlock value from their current tools, skills and resources, then chart a path to great impact without necessarily having to buy more tech.
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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.