Poll: In-House or Agency?

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  NYC PR pro

  10/01/08 | Report as spam

  RE: Poll: In-House or Agency?

  When it comes to job security, consider that companies cut their agency's budget before they downsize inhouse staff.

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  VT3000

  10/01/08 | Report as spam

  RE: Poll: In-House or Agency?

  I agree with NYC PR pro, that is so true. I would rather work in a pr dept of a company than in a pr ageny. (I wouldnt mind working in the pr dept of the pr agency ;)) One more thing, also, as pointed out by Mr. Jon Greer in the previous post, Exposure to many clients may lead to in-house job/career advancement, I have seen that many people in Asia take this route, the first work in PR agencies and then go on to the account company.

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  cbowen2

  10/01/08 | Report as spam

  RE: Poll: In-House or Agency?

  I would be interested to know how common it is for PR
  Agency's to ban employees from taking jobs at client
  companies?
  
  I see some agencies asking new hires to sign an
  agreement to that effect. Given the long list of clients
  at some firms, that can put a lot of potential
  employers off limits.
  
  As for the survey, I've done both and found that the
  ability to quickly implement new PR initiatives is far
  better in-house. Client review time is a real problem.

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  brendachat

  11/01/08 | Report as spam

  RE: Poll: In-House or Agency?

  I agree with cbowen2 - it is much easier to quickly implement new PR initiatives when you're in-house.
  
  Plus, there's a real benefit to working in-house and having access to the sales/business teams.