My Crazy Broadcasting World

Yep, I'm a pretty busy girl.

Friday, April 13, 2007

You're Invited!

My capstone presentation is in 17 days. Yikes! Believe it or not, I'm still working on my senior project. When I get that finished, my capstone presentation shouldn't be too difficult to figure out.

One thing I need to get rolling on is sending out invitations. Of course, I'll invite everyone in the BC department. As far as the rest of campus goes, there are quite a few people I'd like to personally invite.

1. Mrs. Dee Natale

I've had Mrs. Natale for three classes: Journalism I, Journalists in Film and Literature, and Public Relations 101. She has been a professional in the PR field for years, and since I would love to pursue a career in PR, I think she would be an excellent audience member for my presentation. She is one of my favorite professors, as well.

2. The Career Center

Lately, I've been visiting the Career Center quite often, and the ladies there have been such a big help to me. I love being able to go in there and know that people are there to guide me with whatever I may need. I'd love for them to come to my presentation and give me feedback on my e-portfolio.

3. Jim Raykie

I had Mr. Raykie for my Journalism II class. His main job is actually being editor-in-chief of the Sharon Herald, and a part of my presentation will be focused on newspaper and what I have done with the Holcad. I think he would be an appropriate guest for my presentation. I learned a lot about small newspapers and community journalism in his class.

There are a ton of people I'd like to invite to my presentation, but right now those are my top three on campus outside the broadcasting department. I'm looking forward to giving my presentation - my family and some close friends will be there, and I'm excited for them to see everything that I have done over the past four years.

Job Postings Galore!

I've been super busy over the past couple of months searching all over the Internet for job postings. It scares me that my college graduation is in a little more than a month, and I haven't even had any job leads yet!

I'm very fortunate to know someone who has a ton of connections with companies in the Pittsburgh area, so hopefully something works out. After all, it's basically WHO you know.

As far as Internet job posting sites go, I have found a few decent ones. I have posted my resume on all three of them, and I have actually found several interesting openings.

CareerBuilder was the first site that I tried. So far, it has been pretty helpful. However, there are a few postings that caught my eye, but after further research, didn't look very legitimate. So I know that I have to be careful when responding to the job openings.

I also put my resume on Monster, which is pretty similar to CareerBuilder. I figure the more sites I try, the better chance of finding an opening that suits me.

WorkPittsburgh was the third site that I have posted my resume on. I like this one because it focuses on just the Pittsburgh area, which is primarily where I want to work.

Searching for a job is definitely a tedious and long process, but I am hoping that it will come in handy sometime soon. Until then, I just have to keep looking!