WASHINGTON: Government statistics that place the jobless rate for PR managers at less than 1% for the second quarter of 2009 do not accurately reflect the difficult job market for senior industry professionals, according to managers at numerous communications staffing agencies.

 

According to data by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 0.1% of PR managers reported unemployment during this year's second quarter, which ended June 30. The previous quarter, 1.8% of PR managers were jobless, according to Karen Kosanovich, an ...