Job hunting.
Since the last time I’ve updated, several things have happened. Let’s see: I graduated from university, people have come back and gone for winter break, I’ve turned 22, but oh yeah, I still don’t have a full-time job.
Illustrator boy had his art show opening two weeks ago, and I think the collective effect of that and my meet-up with a friend of a friend who’s really well-connected in the PR industry (and the subsequent cover letter writing/resume updating) has got me thinking that I’m starting to fall behind on my career path. I’ve been so comfortable with sleeping in and my lifestyle of being the ultimate post-college bum that I haven’t really thought about what I want to do with my life next for the previous months, it took something like IB’s show opening to get my ass in gear. Most of my friends are pretty ambitious about what they want to do when they graduate. Actually, that’s not entirely true but I know B wants to work in New York when he’s done with school, Jul is well on his way to becoming the barrister that he wants to be (speaking of which, I should probably go visit him in Oxford before he’s done), and most, if not all, of IB’s friends are young professionals. Why does the economy have to fuck up this year? It almost makes me want to just apply for MA Communications and hide out for a year til it gets better, which I probably would do if HKBU didn’t reject me last year and install this fear of a 2nd rejection in me.
My point is, this past week I’ve been brushing up my rough cover letter template and polishing my resume. (I finally took out all the trivial tutoring/teaching jobs that I’ve once been so proud of, since who the fuck cares if you’ve been teaching for the past 6 years when you’re not even seeking a career in education?) I also got my recommendation letter from HK Magazine, which I’m still in shock about, since 1) I never worked in marketing, and 2) I sort of quit by just stopping to show up one day. Yay for networking! Now the only thing left for me to do is to search the millions of job advertising websites and mass emailing out my information. Ugh. I really hope I get a concrete response from Weber Shandwick about needing someone. I NEED MY MONEH!
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