Phase 2

This week I started an unpaid internship at Liberty Hospital's Public Relations department. So far things are going okay. Of course, I'm doing this to learn, hopefully gain more experience and improve my portfolio. We'll just have to wait to see the effects.

More experience

Any college graduate can use more experience! That's what I keep telling myself because I know it's true. I am currently building a Web site for my future freelance business and a Web site for my family's Angus cattle farm. I also attempted to help the BSU put out their Alumni & Friends Newsletter. Hopefully people will decide to support BSU financially because the design was so dazzling!

I may be starting an unpaid internship soon. Keep me in your prayers!

1/12 months for 2009 are over.

I'm now into my third month of unemployment. The first month was very relaxing and I didn't have a care in the world. I loved spending time with my family and slowing piecing my portfolio together. The second month was slightly frustrating. Why wasn't any jobs falling in my lap? (ha ha) The third month has started off pretty frustrating. And having those random "bad days" just make it worse but... my parents always taught me to never give up... always do my very best... be myself. Useful advice that I'm having to draw on more and more these days.

Here's my running record of what I've learned:
1-YOU HAVE TO KNOW PEOPLE THAT KNOW PEOPLE
2-Become a cover letter connoisseur.
3-Know exactly what you "want to say" in an interview and don't leave without saying it.
4-Don't waste any of your answers in an interview- each is a golden little nugget.
5-Save your money so you have it when you don't have a job. :)
6-Be nice to your family so you have a place to live...
7-Blogs are amazing-not only have I been learning from professionals in my field who have traveled similar roads to mine but everyone posts useful links! This is have been #1 for helping me grasp CSS for laying out Web pages.
8-NEVER stop learning!
9-Always beef your portfolio (even if you don't get paid for a single piece in it).

Continue Moving Forward

Despite not having a job... I can't just sit on my butt everyday and complain about my situation. I've decided to continue moving forward. I have pursued some internship possibilities (unpaid of course....), continued to prepare for freelance work, found new things to learn, and do too much thinking. I know that God wants to use this time to do something in my life. But what is it? Please pray for me.