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!

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?

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

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.