My goal is to get a job. I would like to get a job writing for a news organization. I like certain subjects over other ones, but with my lack of professional experience, I will take whatever I can get. I recently applied to a local newspaper and I felt good about my chances. I'm not the most impressive candidate, but it was for high school sports. I'm not downplaying the position or the subject of sports, but the writer isn't covering the president or anything nearly as important and I figured that I could begin my career there without too much of a repercussion if it didn't work out. It's almost been a week since I applied to this position and after a month of not receiving replies from other jobs that I applied to, this silence from this possible employment opportunity has me feeling low.
I have realized that with a journalism degree, experience is just as important, if not more important, than the degree that one receives from school. I was a hard worker in college. I worked as close to full time as I could get with a full time class schedule and had to pay bills while the whole time. I'm not asking for pity because I know life happens and to get through school is tough for everybody. I just wish somebody would have sat me down and said, "You need to find time for The Buchtelite." Then I would have more than just two clips to try to convince a potential boss that I am worth hiring.
To any college student that stumbles across this post, get involved. Get experience for your major. I am now finding out that experience is crucial for a journalist and I wish I would have worked harder to get it when I was in school. I have also learned to have a short memory when applying for jobs. I may be feeling down about the past jobs, but feeling sorry for myself isn't going to get me a job. I will continue to apply for jobs because eventually somebody has to take a chance on this hardworking, aspiring journalist.
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