Communication - What to Do with this Major
Job Titles
| Cultural Communication | Consultant | Campaign Consultant |
| Community Affairs Administrator | Consumer Relations Director | Journalist |
| Community Relations Specialist | Corporate Communication Director | Lawyer |
| Interpersonal Communication | Corporate Trainer | Lobbyist |
| Mass Media Producer/Director | Customer Service Representative | Press Secretary |
| Media Buyer | Education Director | Promotion Specialist |
| Media Relations Director | Employee Relations | Public Information Specialist |
| Media Researcher | Human Resources | Publicist |
| Mediator | Management Trainer | Public Relations Specialist |
| Minister/Pastor/Priest | Marketing Consultant | Public Relations Representative |
| Reservation Agent | Organizational Consultant | Public Speaker |
| Teacher | Program Coordinator | Research Analyst |
| Organizational Communication | Recruiting Coordinator | Speech Writer |
| Advertising Director | Sales Representative | Sports/Entertainment Agent |
| Business Consultant | Sports Management | Sports Information Director |
| Business Manager | Rhetoric/Public Speaking | Sales |
| Buyer | Broadcaster | Training and Development |
| Claim Investigator |
Personal Characteristics to be Successful
| Adaptable | Energetic | Self-motivated |
| Creative thinker | Expressive | Self-starter |
| Critical thinker | Leadership |
Workplace Skills
Adapt message to audience
Analyze and evaluate
Attend to accuracy and accountability
Design projects
Develop programs/articles
Evaluate ideas and structures in communication events
Gather information and data
Generate ideas
Influence/persuade others
Inform/explain
Interact and communicate with others
Listen
Make decisions
Mediate
Negotiate
Observe peopleĀ
Organize
Perceive
Planning
Solve problems
Synthesize
Work in teams
Write
Sources
Eastern Kentucky University Web site (visited August 2006):
http://www.communication.eku.edu/mainlinks/com.php
Miami University Ohio Web site (visited August 2006):
http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~advising/Majors/speechcomm.html
Oklahoma State University Web site (visited August 2006):
http://www.cas.okstate.edu/career/WTDWD/
University of Tennessee at Knoxville Web site (visited August
2006): http://admissions.utk.edu/undergraduate/majors.shtml
Johnson County Community College Web site (visited October
2007): http://www.jccc.edu
