Top 10 reasons why interviews are a little scary.

1) You never really know how formal/informal they are going to be.

2) You could meet with only one person but you could also be in a room with 5 people.

3) They are usually early in the morning.

4) Usually they are sort of far away at a place you've never been before.

5) Preparing for interviews only makes you more nervous it seems.

6) The feeling that your heart is in your chest happens more frequently.

7) After you tell people you are interviewing you have to answer the question of "how did it go?"

8) The time waiting for a response is hard when you are unemployed.

9) One word ... sweat.

10) Smiling so much makes my face hurt.

Old Jobs

After reflecting on all my past jobs I realize I have had it pretty good.

1) Lifeguard - I really miss the swim lessons . . . getting burned and sitting all day, not so much.

2) Schnucks - Although the job was truly boring, I did meet some great people that I will always be able to come home to.

3) Butterfly House - The Butterfly House was a beautiful place to work every week. I am so happy that I got to meet so many interesting volunteers as well as learn how a non-profit organization works.

4) University Bookstore - I really did like working at the bookstore. Giving people back lots of money was probably my favorite part and shelving books probably my least favorite.

5) TSU Public Relations office - The picture if of the PR office at Truman that I will really miss. We had so much fun everyday and it went by so quick. Hopefully I will get to visit them soon.


6) THE MOST AMAZING JOB EVER . . . TBA.

First Blog

I am blogging to have an account of this time in my life and hopefully I can keep up with it through my career ... assuming that I will have one some day. I have been taking some time off from school after graduating and also job searching. I would like to work in non-profit companies or higher education but really I want anything in Public Relations, which is harder to find that I thought. There are much more administrative jobs. I have even applied to cell phone companies and banks and have been turned down. Boo.

Hopefully some of the leads I have will amount to something.