When I was in college, I went to a lot of conferences, career advisement meetings, and coffees with internship bosses. Namely, I’ve received a lot of advice about my career and, although not all of it has been wildly useful, some of it’s really stuck wih me.
Here are some of the best pieces of career advice I’ve heard (or figured out for myself).
Now that I have my first, official full-time job that’s actually in my dream field, I keep finding myself thinking: “There’s so much career advice I dutifully wrote down and tried to follow…but a lot of it ended up being kind of useless or irrelevant. And the only purpose it served was ~stressing me out even more than I needed~!” And, looking back, I think how about nice it would’ve been to know that some bits of career advice that’s being hammered into my brain isn’t all that useful. That’s not to say I wouldn’t have followed that advice anyway, but it would’ve saved me a lot of stress to know that it is possible to make it in the journalism/media industry without having major connections. That being said, here are some pieces of career advice to ignore.
Of course, as a disclaimer, these pieces of advice can be and could’ve been invaluable to someone. And you might not want to entirely ignore it, but rather note that it’s not always relevant. This is a blog post based on my experience and experiences of some people in my life. Careers and advice aren’t one-size-fits-all. But, hey, hope this helps.
I have applied to hundreds of internships and jobs. I was the girl with the spreadsheet who spent all of my senior year of college in an anxious panic about having nowhere to go and nothing to do post-grad. Things worked out. But, finding a job was not an easy task. It was a never-ending process—and since I’m only in my twenties and am unsure of my career path, it still is.
Job hunting doesn’t have to make you eat ice cream out of the carton and lie on the floor in a hopeless state. It will probably never be fun, but there are a few ways to make it a hell of a lot easier.
When I was but a wee freshman doing my very first internship, I created Tips for Commuting in NYC. Since then, I have spent so many months of my life commuting to and from this magical yet awful city. I have become so jaded. But, I have figured out how to make my commute, which is usually an hour and a half to two hours, a lot more bearable and sometimes even something I (sort of) enjoy.
So, here are some ways you can make your commute better. It still won’t be good, but it’ll suck less.
