Internal communicators have mixed feelings about their job security, according to a recent CiB poll. The poll, which ran on the CiB web site for two months, attracted 213 responses. Of those 28 people (13%) had actually lost their jobs. A further 39 (18%) said that they felt “very insecure” and 45 (21%) said they were “quite insecure” in their current roles.

And confidence has fallen over the past 12 months, with only 24% of respondents saying they felt as secure now as they did 12 months ago.

But nine respondents (4%) said that they felt very secure in their roles.

CiB webmaster Steve Nichols said: “The results don't really surprise me. You only have to pick up a newspaper or watch TV to see how people are concerned about the economy.

“But the good news is that the recession is not affecting everyone in our industry. Around 19% of respondents said that they felt “quite secure” in their jobs, which is quite comforting.”

Steve said that CiB had seen a slight tail off in the number of new internal communications roles being advertised on the CiB web site, but there was still demand for good people.

“The message I get from advertisers is that there are roles out there, and they are sometimes hard to fill, so it is important that communicators do everything they can to keep their skills levels up to date," Steve said.