The title of this blog was really meant to be a placeholder until I came up with a better one but I think it “works”
In my last post I promised news, and in the interest of not burying the lead, here we go…
I got a job! And in other, related, news; I already had a job. If that’s confusing at all, I understand, let me explain.
Near the beginning of May I contacted two local firms about employment. One was my first pick but I really didn’t have any information to know if they were hiring or were even busy with work. The other, I had talked to a former classmate who was working in the firm and he let me know that they were going to be fairly busy in the next couple of months and that I should bring in my resume and portfolio and talk to the principal because he may be hiring to help during the busy months this summer.
So I wrote cover letters, tailored my teaser portfolio to appeal to each and walked in their respective front doors. The first firm, the one I had no networki…