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Hello all! Sorry for such a late post but every topic I tried to write about this week I just wasn't feeling.
On Friday I drove home for the weekend. When I got home, my mom and I decided to do a bit of shopping. Whenever I'm home we always end up at Kohls.
My school is having a job and internship fair next week and being that I am a second semester senior, my butt is there. I thought I could wear a nice (professional) dress with a cardigan and my heals. However, my school posted information saying that we were expected to dress business professional, not business casual (which basically means a full on suit). Since my wardrobe is lacking in the suit department I searched Kohls desperately for a suit for next week. I know it wouldn't have been the best suit but it was better than nothing and if it looked good on me, I was fine with it.
They had nothing. I kid you not. They had plenty of dress pants, but zero blazers. The one jacket I found didn't even have a button. I loved it for a casual or business casual outfit but it just wouldn't cut it for my needs this time.
After looking at a couple stores I finally found a black suit that fit well and looked professional. I still need to get a top to wear under it but at least I have the suit. Not only do I now own my very own suit, I also went out and purchased a portfolio. This way my resumes wouldn't just be in a random folder or, even worse, just in my hands.
Moral of the story, if you are my age you will know exactly what I am going through. I am at that point in my life that I can't just throw on a cute outfit with my chucks and run to class with my Herschel Supply Co backpack. It is high time that we start our adult professional wardrobe.
I am not going to lie, I am terrified. I am twenty-two years old and I have no idea where to even start looking for a job. An English degree is a funny thing. There is so much you can do, but also so little. I have had numerous people tell me that everyone wants someone who can write so English majors are not railroaded into teaching (don't get me wrong, teaching is an incredible profession. I just don't have what it takes to succeed in that field and I give all teachers so much credit). However, if everyone wants someone that can write, you also have to have some other skills to make yourself a commodity and desirable. You have to figure out what field you want to go into.
It is just such a confusing degree. Accounting majors will apply to accounting firms. Business majors will apply to companies within the department that was their focus in college. But English majors... where do they fit? I can honestly say I don't even know where to start looking for jobs. The more I look, the more confused I get.
I know that I will find my path in life. And most times, to be quite honest, the prospect of not having a plan is so freeing. For the first time in my life I can do whatever I want, go wherever I want to. (which means someplace warm!)
As my dad tells me every. single. time. that I am home, I have to market and sell myself. I am the product and I need to successfully pitch myself to employers. I am not kidding myself and thinking that I will get the perfect job for myself right off the bat. I know that I most likely won't. But that first job and every consecutive job will give me so much knowledge and experience about the work force and whatever field it is in and just life in general. As sad as I am that my college days are over and my formal education is over, I am excited to move on to something new.
One final thought, graduating from university is incredibly daunting. If you are like me, you have been in school for the last 18 years of my life. That is probably 99% of my conscious memory. Graduating is saying goodbye to what is familiar and the style of life that you have had. You are throwing yourself into the unknown. But as terrifying as that is, it is incredibly exciting.
One of my favorite quotes is by Ralph Waldo Emerson:
As always, let me know if there's anything you want me to write about on my blog! Until next time...
On Friday I drove home for the weekend. When I got home, my mom and I decided to do a bit of shopping. Whenever I'm home we always end up at Kohls.
My school is having a job and internship fair next week and being that I am a second semester senior, my butt is there. I thought I could wear a nice (professional) dress with a cardigan and my heals. However, my school posted information saying that we were expected to dress business professional, not business casual (which basically means a full on suit). Since my wardrobe is lacking in the suit department I searched Kohls desperately for a suit for next week. I know it wouldn't have been the best suit but it was better than nothing and if it looked good on me, I was fine with it.
They had nothing. I kid you not. They had plenty of dress pants, but zero blazers. The one jacket I found didn't even have a button. I loved it for a casual or business casual outfit but it just wouldn't cut it for my needs this time.
After looking at a couple stores I finally found a black suit that fit well and looked professional. I still need to get a top to wear under it but at least I have the suit. Not only do I now own my very own suit, I also went out and purchased a portfolio. This way my resumes wouldn't just be in a random folder or, even worse, just in my hands.
Moral of the story, if you are my age you will know exactly what I am going through. I am at that point in my life that I can't just throw on a cute outfit with my chucks and run to class with my Herschel Supply Co backpack. It is high time that we start our adult professional wardrobe.
I am not going to lie, I am terrified. I am twenty-two years old and I have no idea where to even start looking for a job. An English degree is a funny thing. There is so much you can do, but also so little. I have had numerous people tell me that everyone wants someone who can write so English majors are not railroaded into teaching (don't get me wrong, teaching is an incredible profession. I just don't have what it takes to succeed in that field and I give all teachers so much credit). However, if everyone wants someone that can write, you also have to have some other skills to make yourself a commodity and desirable. You have to figure out what field you want to go into.
It is just such a confusing degree. Accounting majors will apply to accounting firms. Business majors will apply to companies within the department that was their focus in college. But English majors... where do they fit? I can honestly say I don't even know where to start looking for jobs. The more I look, the more confused I get.
I know that I will find my path in life. And most times, to be quite honest, the prospect of not having a plan is so freeing. For the first time in my life I can do whatever I want, go wherever I want to. (which means someplace warm!)
As my dad tells me every. single. time. that I am home, I have to market and sell myself. I am the product and I need to successfully pitch myself to employers. I am not kidding myself and thinking that I will get the perfect job for myself right off the bat. I know that I most likely won't. But that first job and every consecutive job will give me so much knowledge and experience about the work force and whatever field it is in and just life in general. As sad as I am that my college days are over and my formal education is over, I am excited to move on to something new.
One final thought, graduating from university is incredibly daunting. If you are like me, you have been in school for the last 18 years of my life. That is probably 99% of my conscious memory. Graduating is saying goodbye to what is familiar and the style of life that you have had. You are throwing yourself into the unknown. But as terrifying as that is, it is incredibly exciting.
One of my favorite quotes is by Ralph Waldo Emerson:
"To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded."
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded."
So, as you enter the working world, do not get caught up in it and forget what is most important in life, whatever that may be to you.
As always, let me know if there's anything you want me to write about on my blog! Until next time...
