Hello out there! Is anybody listening?

Well I have neglected this blog. That's for sure. But I miss it and I want to continue to feed it with stupid instances and witty words. Yum.

Re: an update... I am still on the hunt for my dream job yet I think it's time I stopped fantasizing about a corner office and a tailored CMO suit. It's just not going to happen at this point. But that does NOT mean I am going to settle for some administrative assistant job. I just won't. And I think I'll be proud of myself later in life for refusing to do so.

I've been applying to things like "Corporate Marketing Assistant" and "Marketing Manager Associate" at places like Crayola and Rodale. Penguin also has some great marketing opportunities but that might be out of my league just yet. I started out getting accepted to internships for theatre companies in the Big Bad City but gently turned them down due to lack of funds. Sorry, but I prefer not to pay in order to work.

It's been hard. And it doesn't help that my family nags me EVERY DAY about whether or not I "got any bites." I finally snapped back with the old "I will tell you when something comes up. Thanks." You know what I think the problem is? All my life I have had a sort of schedule of events. First, I will go to grade school, then I will go to high school and work in the summer, then a 4-year college for a Bachelor's and then.... then I will get recruited by some stellar marketing firm in New York. Life seemed simple when I had a plan. Now, there just isn't a direct path for me to follow, no course of action to which I can say "well, this is what every kid does next, so..."

I find myself missing school because I feel gypped out of a comprehensive 4-year experience (transferring schools is, at the same time, the best thing and worst thing I have ever done). This adds to the feeling of not being ready to enter the workforce. I can't really understand why I've neglected to be a go-getter when it comes to applying for jobs. There's a part of me that doesn't want to be the used car salesman type when it comes to networking and schmoozing and calling companies just to talk to Janet in HR about how I know SO much about her company and have wanted to work there since I could breath. That's just not me.

I guess I want employers to see my resume, see my credentials and cover letter writing skills and say "Gee, she seems like a grand candidate. Let's give her a call."

But I need to wake up. It's 2009 and I need to get with the program.

Do I have to?

Love,
Katie