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While the certificate itself is just a piece of paper and the title is just a combination of a few letters, the meaning of a title and a certificate \u2013 and thus of a college degree \u2013\u00a0 lies in the qualification it indicates. And those qualifications are more than ever relevant to a successful and satisfying career in the communication industry, wherever around the globe you want to start it. But it\u2019s all about those skills and not about where you earned them.<\/p>\n<p>So, no matter what it is called in the various countries \u2013 college, universidad, universit\u00e9 or \u0e27\u0e34\u0e17\u0e22\u0e32\u0e25\u0e31\u0e22 \u2013 this kind of educational level implies that you have trained various techniques that are hugely important for PR\u00a0pros like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Researching information \u2013 by knowing which sources are promising, relevant and credible<\/li>\n<li>Assessing huge loads of information in a short time and finding out what the main points and messages are<\/li>\n<li>Being able to sum up dispersed information and quickly find the common points<\/li>\n<li>Learning to present and defend ideas, findings and results<\/li>\n<li>Critically interpreting results from surveys, studies and other sources to separate serious stuff from garbage<\/li>\n<li>Having skills in introducing thoughts, leading discussions and convincing others to listen to you<\/li>\n<li>Anticipating questions, objections and resistance \u2013 and preparing the right answers and tactics<\/li>\n<li>Showing communicative intelligence by listening to others, respecting and valuing different opinions while sticking with your own arguments<\/li>\n<li>Being able to listen to others patiently, to reflect yourself critically and to express yourself unmistakeably<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All those qualities are essential for a career in the vast field of media and opinion management (and not only there!). It\u2019s not important where you gain and train them but that you have them in your professional toolbox. You have them without a degree? Great, be proud of it. You have a college degree? Fine, but never forget that once you leave college, the journey only begins.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t expect a big surprise when reading our answer to this question: No, a formal certificate of any kind of curriculum is definitely not necessary to work and survive in PR \u2013 as many agency owners, pr managers and employees without a degree can tell you from their experience. 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