i feel like a big girl.

Good luck.

What's the gig, Kat?

Rape crisis counselor?

Congratulations. I think McDonald's will definitely be impressed with your work ethic and adept fry cook skills.

But seriously, just one application? What's the job? Maybe you should fill out 20 or 30 more, just in case. Don't put all your eggs in one basket, dear. I still haven't found a great job. It can take a lot of time and work.

Don't be a tool.

it's a travel writing position based in London. i have spent all weekend drafting & redrafting my writing sample; am happy to be done w/it.

yeah, i know. i am holding off, though, b/c the (very) earliest i can take a position is july. almost all the jobs i am interested in (gov't, NGO, public radio, writing) are for immediate hire. best of luck w/your hunt...

If it comes to that, White Castle has better bennies.

free sliders?

"Some of the best benefits in the industry including paid holidays and vacations, profit sharing and health insurance."

Apply for them anyway. Even "immediate hire" usually takes about a month or so. And hiring processes always seem to take longer than you are led to expect.

Plus, if you get an offer and turn it down, no harm for you. Its a pretty great spot to be in, and very often if a company likes you enough to hire you they'll work with you on the start date. Not to mention the intangible benefit of going through several interviews. More practice = better interviews. It really does help. Finally, think of the potential networking that interviewing now will give you. Get face time in April and May, make a good impression, and once you start looking for real in June and July, you'll be way ahead of the game.

If I remember right, when my friends and I tried to get our first "real" jobs, it seemed that a 6 to 9 month job search was pretty par for the course.

Getting started now will only benefit you.

Do you currently have a fake job?

make sure to keep us posted when you are rejected and enter into the post college unemployment slump.

You mean people don't usually get their first job on the basis of their first application?

Cynic.

good point.

i'm basically doing everything i can though, short of flying out to interview (which i don't have $/time for at this point). i'm researching, milking connections, preparing different résumés and going to every career fair. i figure if i absolutely fall on my face i can work midterm race until nov.



yes. nannying and copyediting.