onward & upward
to begin: audrey hepburn + "back in black" + the gap = <33
that said, i have a little bit of job-related gushing to do:<
as many of you know, i was fortunate to have really and truly enjoyed myself in college. and that enjoyment was not just limited to extracirriculars like ponies and beers and boys and so on. i really and truly loved my major. i loved learning about people and how they deal with other people and the little intricacies of interpersonal communication. i learned about trust and about reciprocation and why people say some things and hold some things back and generally found the whole thing fascinating.
but try to find a job with a degree like that and a resume full of restaurant jobs...
you'll learn that interviews are handed out based on the strength of your cover letter, and that no matter how personable your interviewers are, to never let your guard down - or else you will be branded "unprofessional." and that, for lack of a better word, sucks. it is so goddamn demoralizing that you begin to fear you are doomed to a life of waiting tables and no health insurance, benefits, or gaurenteed income. which also sucks, because as a new grad, this is not how you envisioned your life.
so when you find a job, it is a marvelously happy thing.
and when it turns out to be exactly what you needed in your life, it's even better.
my interests lay in the realm of marketing, public relations, and advertising - with a side interest in administration. and my job manages to encompass ALL of that. at once.
in my first week i've dealt with direct mail marketing. i've written up some little bits of promotional material that gets sent out to our datebase of prospective clients and have been editing and tweaking some other materials that already exist so that they better suit the company. i've learned how to play receptionist, which entails being super-organized and having every little thing at your fingertips at all times. i've learned how to deal with the database program we use and how to make it my bitch. i can file things away and talk to clients and hunt for new prospects. i've been involved with the promotions aspect of this company, working to get our name out there and to generate leads. and i've been there seven days.
today, my seventh day, i spent all day working on an ad. i tweaked the layout and redid the text and went through about two hundred photo samples and ads/designs/mailers used in the pastand found a color scheme that worked and...and ad that i created will be PRINTED and DISTRIBUTED in dupage county, IL. this is not a big thing. it's for a little coupon mailer that will be thrown away by the hundred. but i have never done anything like this before...i took ONE advertising class...i have never designed anything....
i am so fucking excited, i could cry.
when this thing goes to print, i am going to get my hands on a copy and put it on my damn fridge. i've worked there seven days and look what i get to do.
i am doing exactly what i want to do and i am so grateful and so lucky and i get to do it again tomorrow.
that said, i have a little bit of job-related gushing to do:<
as many of you know, i was fortunate to have really and truly enjoyed myself in college. and that enjoyment was not just limited to extracirriculars like ponies and beers and boys and so on. i really and truly loved my major. i loved learning about people and how they deal with other people and the little intricacies of interpersonal communication. i learned about trust and about reciprocation and why people say some things and hold some things back and generally found the whole thing fascinating.
but try to find a job with a degree like that and a resume full of restaurant jobs...
you'll learn that interviews are handed out based on the strength of your cover letter, and that no matter how personable your interviewers are, to never let your guard down - or else you will be branded "unprofessional." and that, for lack of a better word, sucks. it is so goddamn demoralizing that you begin to fear you are doomed to a life of waiting tables and no health insurance, benefits, or gaurenteed income. which also sucks, because as a new grad, this is not how you envisioned your life.
so when you find a job, it is a marvelously happy thing.
and when it turns out to be exactly what you needed in your life, it's even better.
my interests lay in the realm of marketing, public relations, and advertising - with a side interest in administration. and my job manages to encompass ALL of that. at once.
in my first week i've dealt with direct mail marketing. i've written up some little bits of promotional material that gets sent out to our datebase of prospective clients and have been editing and tweaking some other materials that already exist so that they better suit the company. i've learned how to play receptionist, which entails being super-organized and having every little thing at your fingertips at all times. i've learned how to deal with the database program we use and how to make it my bitch. i can file things away and talk to clients and hunt for new prospects. i've been involved with the promotions aspect of this company, working to get our name out there and to generate leads. and i've been there seven days.
today, my seventh day, i spent all day working on an ad. i tweaked the layout and redid the text and went through about two hundred photo samples and ads/designs/mailers used in the pastand found a color scheme that worked and...and ad that i created will be PRINTED and DISTRIBUTED in dupage county, IL. this is not a big thing. it's for a little coupon mailer that will be thrown away by the hundred. but i have never done anything like this before...i took ONE advertising class...i have never designed anything....
i am so fucking excited, i could cry.
when this thing goes to print, i am going to get my hands on a copy and put it on my damn fridge. i've worked there seven days and look what i get to do.
i am doing exactly what i want to do and i am so grateful and so lucky and i get to do it again tomorrow.