Frustrations of a Newbee

I am on the quest to find an internship this summer. It sounds horrible because it is already June on Sunday, but thanks to UM I still have almost three months of summer. I think that’s plenty of time to intern somewhere, and I honestly don’t even care about having to physically go to an office daily. I care about writing and getting published.

I have an interview on Friday and am semi-excited about it. I really wanted to work for a newspaper this summer to taste the world of hard news and really be coached by some good professionals. Unfortunately that door was closed for me at the moment, but I hope one day I will get that opportunity. I have quickly learned that it is easier to make the transition from newspapers to magazines than the other way around.

I think I suffered from this truth already in my very young career. I chose to intern with a magazine for ten months and neglected writing for my schools newspaper, and as a result I suspect it is the reason I did not get the internship I wanted at the local paper. I am persistent though, and I will, mark my words, will get clips from the Miami Herald before I leave Miami for good. Hell, I’m on their freelance list now so I am hoping that something comes up for me to write this summer.

I check all of the job boards daily and even sometimes at several points throughout the day. While I am scrolling down the hundreds of jobs that I am not qualified for, all I can think about is that it will soon be my everyday task to do this same chore once August rolls around. It’s overwhelming to realize that I’m graduating in December and somehow I need a job in January. I know I’m going to need some counseling on job searching because I feel like in the media world jobless hopefuls are like vultures and take jobs before anyone can even finish typing up a cover letter. I am glad I at least have some time to learn the ropes on applying until it’s serious “real” job searching time and not just summer internship searching.

I’m tired and don’t even know what I am saying by now and need to go to sleep, but I am sure there will be more where this came from. My fun adventure of job searching has just begun and will be in full force very VERY soon.