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Skills that raise your pay

• Crisis communications

  Handling a scandal, a recall or a lawsuit. The highest-paid corner of the field.

• Investor relations

  Talking to shareholders and analysts for public companies. Needs some finance knowledge and pays very well.

• French

  Federal government and national brands need bilingual communicators.

• Data and analytics

  Proving that a campaign moved the numbers, not just got coverage.