A Neccessay Change
I changed careers. Does it make me a sell out to the communications field? Or a loser for given up of communications? Maybe. Possibly. However, after receiving my degree in Mass Communications in 2009 and the constant downhill battle of finding a job, I was constantly denied and ultimately in my mind failed. Here I was a woman who has a clean background, went to school, completed the internship, was the executive editor of the newspaper, networked as much as I could, has the experiences and still never got an interview. What was I doing wrong for 4 years of the premiere of my potential career? I have no clue. I applied to numerous communications specialist jobs, editorial assistant jobs, communications managers, social media coordinator, even went the teacher route and applied for a couple of teaching fellows and Teach for America (three times!) but never landed the job. For years I was in this battle and even worked on a Masters degree in Journalism to only find ...