*School Assignment*

Social workers are workers who do anything from checking in on children to ensure their quality of life to adoption and more. It is quite a varied field of study that can even delve into other areas of sociology and clinical social work. Salary ranges from 37k to 61k. The growth in this field is quite high due to the numerous different types of job duties that fall under the category of “social work.” Also, once a Masters Degree is obtained it is possible to get into clinical work and therefore more opportunities arise.

Press Secretaries (Public Relations) are a form of public relations field whom deals primarily with the news media. They attempt to influence and directly deal with the news media outlets on a regular basis, whether through press releases all the way to speaking on behalf of an organization. Even the US President has a press secretary that directly speaks to reporters and answers questions on behalf of the administration. Salary ranges from 38k to 71k. Growth would seem to be somewhat limited however opportunities are not due to the need of any organization to have good relations with the news media.

Marketing Specialists are a field that has to do with marketing and promoting a product or service on behalf of a business. Think of a company that wants to sell a product or service to the public, they need a marketing specialist to help them find out and implement the most effective way to do this. Salary ranges from 33k to 110k. Growth seems to be especially high, and opportunities as open as any for the Communications field. This would be my preferred career path.

Writer is one of the most obvious career paths for a Communications major. Writing is one of the main communications method, and the most open if difficult to get into. Writing can cover anything from a book writer to a technical writer, and being paid for my blog! I recently went to a convention and a panel of writers remarked that writing is difficult to get into at the moment, due to the new virtual distribution model among other things, however is it and will always be an attractive medium to a communications major.

Television broadcasting is the most attractive of all choices that I could find. Who wouldn’t want to be on television talking for a living? Of course, there is a lot more that goes on behind the scenes than the actual reporters/commentators, but that’s not as interesting. It is however as vital if not more so. Camera and microphone operators, editors, producers and more all are involved with this field. Salary ranges reportedly from 29k to 41k. I believe there is a great amount of growth in this field available if not a lot of opportunity.