Continued Confidence

Here I am. Once again at the library, continuing my relentless quest to secure a job. After six weeks and two days from my graduation date, I have persistently applied for an array of positions. Through my efforts, I have submitted applications for the following positions: program coordinator, program associate, marketing coordinator, Web content coordinator, online communications coordinator, digital media planner, assistant media planner, media associate, marketing coordinator, assistant director of web marketing communications, membership coordinator, Web analytics analyst, and public relations coordinator.

Reluctantly, I have arrived at a point which I hoped to avoid. I am considering sales positions. Many positions are in some way, shape, or form sales positions, but none of the positions have been undeniably sales oriented. A friend of mine quit his radio sales job last week; he says that times are tough. But nonetheless, whether I should or not, I am feeling a bit pressure to land a full time job… This time, in between my undergraduate years and the rest of my life, is considerably difficult to navigate, and I am coming to accept what I had not considered before – i.e. sales positions. Time will tell if I actively attempt to land such positions, but as things currently stand I may be moving in that direction.

With the amounts of mud that I have thrown to the wall, only several pieces have stuck. One glob has fallen off, while two more are looking like they could stick, for now, but both are obviously delicate. Of the two chunks that are still on the wall, the interviews are this weekend (Friday and Monday) in Chicago, and I am preparing as much as possible. I am reading and re-reading the job qualifications. I am devouring all content that I find, in newspapers, professional and academic publications, bound books and virtual books, in the hope that I will learn something important or that I will gain additional insight which will help me in the interviews.

All in all, job hunting is about as much fun as moving. It can be exciting, but the actual process is enough to warrant a top ten placement on a list of least enjoyable things to do. My continued confidence that I will land a job is acceptable, appreciated (by me), and necessary as I would certainly fall short of success without it.