Thursday, October 4, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Strong Candidate
My Journey of Unemployed Enlightenment is one of a unique and privileged poverty.
Born and raised in a truly middle class, I never imagined my life after graduation (from college) until I graduated.
I never imagined not having a job until I didn't have one.
On the first day of the last month of the third quarter (September 1st, C'mon People!), I found myself jobless. dreaming and eager.
Senior Year Thirst preceded my substantial hunger for the path I always assumed I'd take but never planned to tread.
On August 31st, ironically a Friday, a day of relief, I stood at a professional crossroad -- for once.
I faced a major decision...
What was I going to do and how was I going to do it?
Sales - not worth my time...
Clerical - a void option with minimal potential to grow...
Communications/Public Relations - an area in which I was specially trained and have succeeded to fully comprehend...
I attended dozens of interviews for which I felt comfortable and confident but not fulfilled...not natural and never right.
Close calls, promising encounters, multiple rounds of interviews followed by countless emails beginning with "We regret to inform you..." have left me feeling like a strongly competent and undesirable candidate in the current workforce...
I should start sending emails that say "Thank you for your rejection, but I regret to inform you that your organization missed out."
Yeah that'll do it!
Born and raised in a truly middle class, I never imagined my life after graduation (from college) until I graduated.
I never imagined not having a job until I didn't have one.
On the first day of the last month of the third quarter (September 1st, C'mon People!), I found myself jobless. dreaming and eager.
Senior Year Thirst preceded my substantial hunger for the path I always assumed I'd take but never planned to tread.
On August 31st, ironically a Friday, a day of relief, I stood at a professional crossroad -- for once.
I faced a major decision...
What was I going to do and how was I going to do it?
Sales - not worth my time...
Clerical - a void option with minimal potential to grow...
Communications/Public Relations - an area in which I was specially trained and have succeeded to fully comprehend...
I attended dozens of interviews for which I felt comfortable and confident but not fulfilled...not natural and never right.
Close calls, promising encounters, multiple rounds of interviews followed by countless emails beginning with "We regret to inform you..." have left me feeling like a strongly competent and undesirable candidate in the current workforce...
I should start sending emails that say "Thank you for your rejection, but I regret to inform you that your organization missed out."
Yeah that'll do it!
Monday, September 24, 2012
Blogging and Jogging
I need a lifestyle change. I need to eat before 10, be in bed by 12 and find time to stimulate my mind and body at least once a day.
With this internship in DuPont Circle and my tendency to be tardy...I frequently find myself running up the excessive escalator steps in the morning. However, I need more. I need to train myself to be sincerely interested in exercise. I need to develop a genuine passion for athletic and aerobic pain. And I need to force myself to write...regularly and apply to at least 5 jobs a day! No matter what!
If I follow through with all these things...regardless of the day's events and emotional triumphs or lessons, I know that I'll be a better person for it, inside and out. I seriously lack discipline. Always have, but people change...right?
With this internship in DuPont Circle and my tendency to be tardy...I frequently find myself running up the excessive escalator steps in the morning. However, I need more. I need to train myself to be sincerely interested in exercise. I need to develop a genuine passion for athletic and aerobic pain. And I need to force myself to write...regularly and apply to at least 5 jobs a day! No matter what!
If I follow through with all these things...regardless of the day's events and emotional triumphs or lessons, I know that I'll be a better person for it, inside and out. I seriously lack discipline. Always have, but people change...right?
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Professional Idea Jar #1
Idea Jar:
Empowered Women International Things to Do:
Set up social media Calendar and strategic platform messaging based on event calendar.
Grant writing drafts, development strategies and marketing research for 10 year anniversary benefit.
Collaborate with Mina to write "This Week in ETS" series for class analysis.
Create Class Case Study and women's profiles.
Thursdays @ 1 p.m. - Intern Meetings
Empowered Women International Things to Do:
Set up social media Calendar and strategic platform messaging based on event calendar.
Grant writing drafts, development strategies and marketing research for 10 year anniversary benefit.
Collaborate with Mina to write "This Week in ETS" series for class analysis.
Create Class Case Study and women's profiles.
Thursdays @ 1 p.m. - Intern Meetings
Monday, September 10, 2012
I am Woman
I've survived my first day of free labor. I couldn't find a job by the end of the summer so instead of lying in the bed bored stiff, I focused on career moves and I started two unpaid internships to keep me busy.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
First Time for Last Monday
I just finished watching Blue Valentine. A devastatingly innovative film, it was just the kick in the nads that I needed to finally acquire the balls to write this. I need to blog because I need to write. I need a job. I need multiple things.
In Blue Valentine, Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling needed to revive their marriage and start over. At this point, I need to start living.
I graduated. I'm poor. It's almost Labor Day and I can't find a job. The last day of my coveted internship ends Friday, the last day of August. The last thing I want to do is bore you with a laundry list of random facts so know that I have a plan and I'm going somewhere with this.
Blue Valentine, figuratively and literally...watch the movie, it's deep I swear...
On a Blue Labor Day,
I know what I need, but let's examine what I have:
Family and Friends.
A Husband that adores me.
A Bachelor of Art in Communication, a wealth of PR training and experience
A part-time job selling classic beauty in a jar for Estee Lauder.
Two unpaid internships that will set me on the path to female domination.
An overdraft account.
Finally, a brain that never sleeps, a soul that never weeps and student loans that ain't cheap.
In Blue Valentine, Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling needed to revive their marriage and start over. At this point, I need to start living.
I graduated. I'm poor. It's almost Labor Day and I can't find a job. The last day of my coveted internship ends Friday, the last day of August. The last thing I want to do is bore you with a laundry list of random facts so know that I have a plan and I'm going somewhere with this.
Blue Valentine, figuratively and literally...watch the movie, it's deep I swear...
On a Blue Labor Day,
I know what I need, but let's examine what I have:
Family and Friends.
A Husband that adores me.
A Bachelor of Art in Communication, a wealth of PR training and experience
A part-time job selling classic beauty in a jar for Estee Lauder.
Two unpaid internships that will set me on the path to female domination.
An overdraft account.
Finally, a brain that never sleeps, a soul that never weeps and student loans that ain't cheap.
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