• by Joe Mandese  @mp_joemandese, January 5, 2022

Independent agency PMG in June will launch a new professional development program as part of an effort to recruit candidates with advanced degrees – MBAs, Masters and/or PhD candidates – to the agency.

Dubbed a “Professional Leadership Program,” the curriculum will be taught out of PMG’s Dallas office, and will focus on “advanced, hands-on training and build a career in consulting and strategy, or data and technology,” the agency said.

The program follows PMG’s launch of a “Graduate Leadership Program,” which provides similar training, but is aimed at entry-level staff and is designed to “jumpstart” their careers, says PMG CEO and Founder George Popstefanov.

PMG enrolled 75 new staffers into the program last year.

The new program aimed at new employees with advanced degrees also requires candidates have two-plus years of previous work experience.