I thought this was pretty cool. This was shown on ABC news back in January.
A graduate student was having trouble finding a job after graduation. This video shows how he managed to land himself 50 jobs in each of the 50 states of the great old U.S of A.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6607573
He's actually come away from some of these jobs with actual job offers.
A bit old but for those who haven't seen it, it's pretty interesting.
Good luck with your job searching.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Other career choices...?
In knowing that I am only working a temporary job. I was trying to think of career paths I might take if I don't puruse Admin. Assistant or Graphic Design.
I was talking to my boyfriend and for whatever reason it came up that I had been the Mime in The Fantastiks a couple years ago. So I thought, "Hey! I could look into being a Mime/Street performer."
In response my boyfriend said, "I would make fun of you mercilessly." Ok yes, being a Mime as a chosen career path after spending 4 years in college and accruing multiple loans, I would deserve to be made fun of.
The downside to that career choice, besides being made fun of, is that I have sensitive skin. If I remember correctly, just after wearing white paint plastered on my face for a couple hours for 3 nights, my skin overreacted and broke out in some kind of mild rash and acne.
Ok. Being a Mime has been crossed off the list of possibilites. For now anyway.
I will be thinking about this. I'm going to do some research and see what I can find for the stupidest/craziest/weirdest jobs. There must be a list of these somewhere...
I was talking to my boyfriend and for whatever reason it came up that I had been the Mime in The Fantastiks a couple years ago. So I thought, "Hey! I could look into being a Mime/Street performer."
In response my boyfriend said, "I would make fun of you mercilessly." Ok yes, being a Mime as a chosen career path after spending 4 years in college and accruing multiple loans, I would deserve to be made fun of.
The downside to that career choice, besides being made fun of, is that I have sensitive skin. If I remember correctly, just after wearing white paint plastered on my face for a couple hours for 3 nights, my skin overreacted and broke out in some kind of mild rash and acne.
Ok. Being a Mime has been crossed off the list of possibilites. For now anyway.
I will be thinking about this. I'm going to do some research and see what I can find for the stupidest/craziest/weirdest jobs. There must be a list of these somewhere...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Down time
There's a lot of down time at work right now since it's spring break. I've been told to bring a book since there isn't much going on.
So I've got my book and I've been trolling game sites. I had no idea there was a new GROW game! It came out in January. I absolutely love these games. http://www.eyezmaze.com is the link to follow.
They're so much fun. The combinations you can get are really cool. So check them out if you're having some down time at work today too ;)
So I've got my book and I've been trolling game sites. I had no idea there was a new GROW game! It came out in January. I absolutely love these games. http://www.eyezmaze.com is the link to follow.
They're so much fun. The combinations you can get are really cool. So check them out if you're having some down time at work today too ;)
Friday, March 6, 2009
Working at a College
Working at a college gives me a split feeling. I walked by a classroom yesterday with a bunch of students taking midterms and thought "I am so glad I am all done with that." Today kids were lugging there belongings out to their cars to go home or on vacation this week for spring break and again I thought "I don't have to do that anymore. Thank goodness that's all over with."
At other times though, especially with some of my friends still in school, I get a nostalgic feeling. Wishing I was back in school, for all the fun, stupid stuff that comes along with living so close to a whole bunch of other kids.
I think the year after college is a weird one. It's so in between everything.
This morning a gave myself a mental slap for living too much in the past. Moving forward can be one of the hardest things to do. All of the wonderful times I had, in England studying abroad, my senior year, the plays I was in, etc., left me feeling pretty off this past year. I told myself "you can remember them and be happy you did all those things, but move on, because there's so much more to do."
Ok. So I'm being a little, what's the word, sappy? philosophical? mushy? I don't know you pick, but it all counts.
Of course, everyone's experience after school will be similar in some ways but different in others. Or maybe just polar opposites. Either way, it's all something to take in.
I wish I could have gotten more feedback from all the people I asked what life after college was for them. It would have been nice to post a more varying range of things, but oh well. People can leave comments.
Have a good weekend everyone.
At other times though, especially with some of my friends still in school, I get a nostalgic feeling. Wishing I was back in school, for all the fun, stupid stuff that comes along with living so close to a whole bunch of other kids.
I think the year after college is a weird one. It's so in between everything.
This morning a gave myself a mental slap for living too much in the past. Moving forward can be one of the hardest things to do. All of the wonderful times I had, in England studying abroad, my senior year, the plays I was in, etc., left me feeling pretty off this past year. I told myself "you can remember them and be happy you did all those things, but move on, because there's so much more to do."
Ok. So I'm being a little, what's the word, sappy? philosophical? mushy? I don't know you pick, but it all counts.
Of course, everyone's experience after school will be similar in some ways but different in others. Or maybe just polar opposites. Either way, it's all something to take in.
I wish I could have gotten more feedback from all the people I asked what life after college was for them. It would have been nice to post a more varying range of things, but oh well. People can leave comments.
Have a good weekend everyone.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Forget it >_<
I was talking to a woman who works in Career Services. She works with college students and gives them advice on how to manage finding a job after graduation.
We were talking and I mentioned how I was all idealistic and naive going into the job search thinking I'd have a job in 2-4 months or so after graduation. And here I am working a part-time job and mercifully temping(which I started at the end of January).
She said "From my experience and how I see things on this end, you need to be naive and idealistic or else you'll just go home at the end of the day and go to bed."
So don't read too far back and listen to my grumbling about the job search and how tough it is.
STAY NAIVE! BE IDEALISTIC!
You'll need all that untainted energy to keep you going.
We were talking and I mentioned how I was all idealistic and naive going into the job search thinking I'd have a job in 2-4 months or so after graduation. And here I am working a part-time job and mercifully temping(which I started at the end of January).
She said "From my experience and how I see things on this end, you need to be naive and idealistic or else you'll just go home at the end of the day and go to bed."
So don't read too far back and listen to my grumbling about the job search and how tough it is.
STAY NAIVE! BE IDEALISTIC!
You'll need all that untainted energy to keep you going.
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