What's on the Horizon?

I'm sad to report: I've gotten turned down for another job in the last 24 hours. While this may mean I still have material to blog about (for which I'm glad, because it's more fun than looking for a job), it has forced me to really look at how I'm going about my job search. I really thought I had a good chance with this one. I had some former supervisors in the same company call on my behalf, so I was getting my foot in the door and having TWO people vouch for me. I thought I had prepped really well for the interview. I used this trick my scholarship director taught me: write down the questions I wouldn't want an interviewer to ask me and have answers ready. Well, the company asked those questions, but I was ready! I know I can't take this personally - after all, I'm still a good person, with or without a job - but it's still frustrating. 

Sending out resumes and cover letters is good, because it's impossible to get hired without. But like I said before, I'm learning it's all about networking. So I've spent the morning reaching out to friends, former supervisors, family, and complete strangers in a quest to find a job. I'm still a little hesitant to ask some of these people for help, especially friends and family because I feel it's a violation of our relationship. But my aunt told me I've got to leverage everything (so she's passing out my resume also!). So far, in two hours, I've already heard about a potential position. So far, so good.

In more exciting news, I've gotten some feedback on the blog, and I'm glad you all are enjoying my posts, or at the very least the awesome job I did with Photoshopping (or as my mother would say, "shopping") the photo at the top (thanks to my friend Kate for letting me use the photo). I'll be continuing to add features and changing the face of the blog in the next few days. The ultimate plan is to move this blog to the new meghanloftus.com that I'll be building this summer. But for now, I'm going to use Blogger to get me going. Also, if you had signed up to follow the blog in the last 2 days, I switched the email address on this account, so you'll have to re-follow (sorry for the confusion!). If you have any thoughts or suggestions, I really encourage you to leave a comment or shoot me an email at megsgotbigideas@gmail.com.