To be honest, I'm not sure the past few weeks have been all that productive. I've been reading "What Color Is Your Parachute?" and doing the workbook. I've mock-interviewed with a friend of my dad's, David Wood, from Emmis who has a lot of experience in hiring. I've contacted and even discussed with several individuals the possibility of me shadowing them to get an idea of what they do. I've opened and updated a LinkedIn profile and spent hours reading and posting on social media sites. I'm staying informed; I'm informing; and I'm clueless.
Should I be searching Want Ads in the newspapers or job postings online? Should I research temp agencies to simply do something new until I find something exciting? And what is "something exciting?" Do I want to start out in web content (updating sites and social media for a company) or do I want to start out in marketing or public relations?
I have a broad skill set that I'm not sure how to begin to apply to one job. I clearly have web skills what with my Blog, Wiki, Facebook and Twitter. A couple of my InDesign projects from my 2011 IRB Study are on Scribd and I'm pretty proud of those. I can type quickly and I'm very meticulous and organized...and unusual trait in a creative writer. I also have pretty descent math skills. I'm a great poet--my last poetry professor told me I'm a risk taker, the kind of risks that will take me far. I also do creative non-fiction and am loosely sifting through old scribbles to find an outline for a non-fiction novel. I have a stack of hand-crafted books I'm proud of, the stitching getting more intricate with each folio.
After keys and files and posts and pages and yards of thread, all I see is a bunch of interesting skills.
In the mock-interview I did a couple days ago, I was told I become most animated when I am discussing something pertaining to my current job. I do enjoy working with people and meeting their needs. I like building rapor with the women I assist, their lives are so interesting and they seem so happy to have someone listen. When I know who they are, it's easier to know what they want and how to go about finding it.
After the first handful of exercises and chapters in "What Color is Your Parachute?", the mock-interview, and countless discussions about my future, I don't know what I'm looking for. What is it about me I need to look out for? What could hold me back other than my obvious young age and minimal experience? Most of all, what am I looking for and where do I find it?
After keys and files and posts and pages and yards of thread, all I see is a bunch of interesting skills.
In the mock-interview I did a couple days ago, I was told I become most animated when I am discussing something pertaining to my current job. I do enjoy working with people and meeting their needs. I like building rapor with the women I assist, their lives are so interesting and they seem so happy to have someone listen. When I know who they are, it's easier to know what they want and how to go about finding it.
After the first handful of exercises and chapters in "What Color is Your Parachute?", the mock-interview, and countless discussions about my future, I don't know what I'm looking for. What is it about me I need to look out for? What could hold me back other than my obvious young age and minimal experience? Most of all, what am I looking for and where do I find it?
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