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A Year in Review - 2013

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2013 Has ended.   Now it is   ******2014****** I honestly thought that 2013 would be the best year. Things were truly looking up for me. Although I lost my favorite person in the entire world, my grandmother in December 2012, I figured that 2013 would be awesome. And indeed it was. Here's my recap. Ok so starting off the year., with a Master degree in New Media Journalism from Full Sail!! Awesomeness. Graduation day from Full Sail University. I brought the new year in with some friends and my family. We went to the LSU game and then church then hit Peters Street together. It was a fun and interesting night none the less. (Sidebar: I was told this story that the guy you spend NYE with will be the guy you will spend the entire year with. Ok. Yea that's a lie. I don't know why I believe those things! ) Friends at New Year's Eve events So then I had this like amazing 26th birthday with the most amazing friends ever and had a blast!! Looking bac...

I need a JOB!

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Now applying no' I'm hirable! no' Please hire me! no' Just say yes! Things I want to say to employers in my interviews but of course would be so inappropriate. (Photo: Something you don't see often.) So in the last month, I have read about 10 no's or going with the "better" candidate or you're simply not qualified emails that always ended "I know this may be disheartening" and "Good luck with your job search." Uh yes it is disheartening and quite depressing too. I wonder what do employers think when they send the rejection letters and how people respond to them. One particular position I was seeking, had me go through 3 interviews to tell me I wasn't qualified. So why in the h e double hockey sticks did you put me through them and why the if you seek do you have three interviews to put people through for this position? The first one wasn't enough... well clearly I guess not- I wasn't picked. However, I was finding my...