Welcome to my blog! I have started about six blogs
and always seem to leave them hanging, but I have decided to document
my wildly exciting life as a college grad in search of a job, who
happens to love food and drinks, and is a suburban girl at heart, living
in a city.
I seem to find myself in strange predicaments often, and in the words
of my lovely Mom, “things like this only happen to you.” (Thanks,
Mom!) I envision this blog a combination of a journal about my job
search and a place to keep track of bizarre events that decorate my
life.
Here is what has inspired this blog:
Two days ago my internship at an amazing public relations agency
ended. After nine months, it ended. What bittersweet feelings consumed
me that day (and for a week leading up to my final day). I don’t think
I am quite ready for a year without summer vacation (after all, I have
had summer vacation since I was born), so here I sit, writing this blog
post, and updating my resume, listening to country music on Pandora
while two fans blow hot, humid air around my room. Apparently, this is
what summer in a city feels like for a college graduate without a job.
There are a hundred things I would like to do this summer, but
without a steady source of money flowing into my bank account, they may
be limited or postponed until I am 32 (hopefully, by then I will have a
job).
I am looking for a job in PR, communications, journalism, media
relations, marketing, branding…really, anything, I guess. The reactions
I have gotten when telling people what type of job I am looking for are
either “journalism is a disappearing industry,” or “there are jobs, you
just have to dig for them.” Hmmm.
My frustrations over job searching are as follows: 1) Being
underqualified (3-5 years experience is the new “entry-level”). 2)
Writing cover letters (necessary, but quite tedious). 3) The coffee
shops and cafes that I would love to be sitting in, but know that I
enjoy people-watching much more than actually being productive. 4) My
computer that is currently driving the struggle bus, and decides to
freeze, suggest updates, and get burning hot every 5 minutes or so.
Follow this blog to read about my job search, my adventures in the
city, and the situations I encounter along the way. Perhaps I will
review restaurants/cafes/bars/markets along the way. I fly by the seat
of my pants, and I am okay with that—except when it comes to jobs. I
really, really, really want a job. Really.
