PR/Marketing Gigs Somehow Appear on Both 'Overrated' and 'Underrated' Job Lists

Today in Clickbait Posing As Research news, job listings company CareerCast tried to top LinkedIn‘s “most misunderstood jobs” story with lists of the “most overrated” and “most underrated” gigs in the market. Let us be the first to tell you that “public relations manager” somehow appeared near the top of the former list, while many jobseekers apparently underestimate how cool it can be to work as a “market research analyst.”

These contradictory rankings should serve as red flags outing the studies as nonsense, but we’ll try to figure out the reasoning behind them anyway.

Why is the PR manager gig one of the most overrated? It’s all due to the “stress” that comes from “demanding media, audience and clients” as well as increased “competition” because PR “is among the most common majors for recent college graduates”. Do