Where are my priorities when there are no such thing as failures. Taking this job and that job and not paying the bills or paying the bills but not really doing what you need to do: "the dream job" is your determination when you first come out of college. Diligently studying and paying for classes and books is the course work of the education pursued. Pass that test, pass that class, apply while the irons sharp to jobs and work to your hearts content. Senior year was about getting ahead determination and trying again and again and again is getting ahead. There are many who think the only people who get ahead are those graduate degrees but those who get ahead are the diligent and determined in their values.
Senior year was the year of career development training classes and internship preparations. Creating a cover letter and resume for the company after rigorous research at the time was the first time I would be getting into a project from college that would enter me into the work force. Networking with others in my understanding of public affairs led me to a marketing position involving media out reach for a non profit organization that served youth in providing them the tools and proper training they needed individually with getting an entry level job.
Therefore, it was perfect match to my duties while I was meeting many others faster than I could imagine who were also beginning their careers. Creating contact lists, thank you letters, and invitations for non profit events all over Chicago for six months went successfully. Being college was the time where I was pushed to my limits outside of grade school and my family home for the longest time I've ever experienced. There was a chance that I could get through freshman year, sophomore year, junior year, and senior year.
My instructors today I am more than interested to make a list of their names today. Currently, I am calling the department of my school of SPEA to recollect and review my records of my time at university. As I have laughed and surprised myself with the memories that brightened m career path today my stress levels of the economy and the personal fears that I have possessed for more than I needed to has simmered down a great deal.
Connecting with an old colleague of mine from the campus newspaper was my next step and we discussed our career paths and records of our college history over the phone. Being able to speak with this peer and newspaper director of mine has helped me to focus on my purpose of my field of study in Public Affairs while continuin to pursue my career in marketing to a better level of action. The long bike rides to class, the early morning breakfasts of fruit and or homestyle eggs from the campus food court while listening to my cd player has strengthened the stream of memories that still develop over my future service today.
As I remember the long letters on campus that I wrote to my parents I can remember them as if I has written them yesterday. They too have kept them I hope but with all the calls from then to today over eight years later I'm sure that we don't remember them as well as I think. The time I was blowing my own working steam and building courage to endure on my own I realized that team work is a constant noble concept that strengthens through the course of the years as fast as the work force changes.
The education that I can recall from university has paid off more and more as I continue to adapt to the importance of university ties and connections that have accomplished alumni today and forever. to be cont.
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