Breakfast Forum

   3Monkeys, a PR company in central London, invited Virgil (my classmate) and me to their breakfast forum. While I enjoyed the talk with BBC business news correspondent Joe Lynam, I had the most fruitful time in chatting with PR officers from 3 Monkeys and other agencies.

   One of my interests was how they got their job in the PR industry. A lady from 3 Monkeys used a recruitment agency. She was so lucky and contacted the agent so often that she found the place in 3 Monkeys before it was advertised in the recruitment market. At first she tried to become a journalist, but later realized that becoming a journalist is very competitive and changed her way.
   The second lady I talked to was a PR manager from a car insurance company. She had worked for 3 Monkeys until six years ago. She says, if you belong to a big company and feel you cannot be promoted more, you might look for a smaller agency or company. You would get promoted or earn good salary. People change their jobs within several years.
   The more people get involved in the job recruitment market, the more places will be available and the more people are encouraged to move to a new place, says Ian, Talent Acquisition Manager from 3 Monkeys. He has worked for 3 Monkeys for six months. Before having him, 3 Monkeys used a recruitment agency which costed commission fee.
   These conversations reminded me of the word of our lecturer. "80 per cent of jobs are not advertised." You always have to keep your antenna activated. I would like to add intuition as well from my experience.