Winter (job hunting) fun

My friends and I have always frantically scrambled to get our resumes together the night before the career fair in Fall. Then, on the day of, we pass our resumes out like there's no tomorrow and we usually don't get very many responses. This year, however, because we're seniors, we also got the lovely privilege of adding our resume to Cornell's resume book. And why not? - it's all typed up and even starting to gather dust. So I did. And amazingly, over winter break, I got an email offering me an interview. My first reaction was to think that it was a mass mailing. But it was legit and sometimes, it's great to feel wanted even if it's a lie so I emailed them back and ended up interviewing with the company. Although there hasn't been any reply yet, it's still comforting to know that people actually look at the resumes that we throw out to the world. And I also know that I'll be checking my email even more obssessivly than I already do.

The (temporary) Job Search

It's great to be back from Winter Break, but now as I'm in my last semester at Cornell, the question of what I'm going to be doing after I graduate keeps nagging at the back of my mind. Winter break was very productive in terms of job applications. I branched out past simply applying to teach English in Japan. I updated my resume and wrote cover letters to apply to be a paralegal, I completed my application to CityYear, and I applied to program assistant positions in a few think tanks in Washington, DC. I also attended the Career and Internship Connections job fair in Washington, DC which I heard about from Arts and Sciences Career Services and met with a few employers about different opportunities in their organizations.

The problem is that I don't know what I want to be doing over my gap year. However, this is also an advantage in some respects. It's good to be open to new opportunities and expand the job search to more than your immediate interests. And since I'm not sure what I want to do, applying to lots of different opportunities will allow me to pick and choose later on. Lots of new opportunities are being posted every day so I guess I'll just have to keep looking!