A New Deadline

So with this new opportunity, I believe there must now be a deadline associated with this blog. A requirement, per say. Not just about finding a job, but my own experiences as well as friends and people I have contacted who know more about finding this job after college. So the requirement I'm setting for myself is to have 1 blog post a day from now until I feel the cup is full.

First off, I'll tell you how I came to get this opportunity with the paper. I decided to follow the advice of a career counselor I've been seeing by getting a bunch of periodicals, newspapers, and magazines and making a list of people to contact from these publications. Mostly editors, publishers, associate editors, writers, etc. were the people I contacted through phone and email. I just asked them whatever advice and/or recommendation they could give someone like me in order to break into the industry. And they responded.

I've gotten emails, people calling me, all asking what I'm looking for, what I want to do, what I can be doing, etc. and from this day I'm grateful that I had such a good response to the first flow of emails I sent out there. So now I'm collaborating and working with those people who did contact me to say they may have an opportunity for me to build some experience in journalism. For that, I'm extremely grateful.

So how this opportunity with the paper came with me following up with the editors of the papers from my local community. The papers are owned by Appen Newspapers, Inc. and their papers cover Forsyth County,  Roswell-Alpharetta, Johns Creek, and Milton. The editor who contacted me was from the Forsyth Herald. So now I'm writing articles for the editor of that paper - the Forsyth Herald. And I know I'm going to learn a great many things from this.

So for those of you who are doing what you can to get yourself out there - applying for jobs, going online to research, set up profiles, etc. there's one tip of advice I can give you after doing all this. Start calling and emailing them! Ask for their advice about what you can be doing to get into the industry you want to work for - and keep at it! Persistence is a huge factor to let people know you're serious about finding your profession in the field you want to work in. And keep up to date with those people you contacted from that list. Keep a record of people - and prioritize who's who.

I'll be seeing you tomorrow - whoever you are reading this.