WOW! I can’t believe a) it’s been almost a month since I posted, b) almost a month ago I graduated b) everything that has happened in between!
For starters, graduation went as graduations do; I shook President Barker’s hand, proudly watched some of my closest friends do the same and got a little bit choked up during the singing of the alma mater. There was a monsoon following the ceremony so pictures had to be postponed until after lunch, which was fine because I was famished! I think they turned out pretty OK though…
Afterwards, I spent some time in Clemson dawdling around getting my life in order. During this time, I started doing contract work for a start-up website called Come Recommended. I am the Public and Media Relations Assistant. Come Recommended is a website that connects top internship and entry-level job candidates with top employers; it is free to sign up and all you have to do is register and get three recommendations (provided on the site) and then you are in and can have access to job alerts and can chat with employers you might be interested inworking with. If you haven’t signed up, I highly recommend that you do-if for no other reason than to recieve the good advice dished out by entry-level career expert Heather Huhman.
Earlier this past semester I was offered two unpaid internships down in Atlanta-not an ideal situation when you are just graduating and are on your own. Obviously I only took one and I am hoping I made the right decision. I have never worked for an not for profit before so I thought it would be good to get some experience other than agency work under my belt. HealthMPowers is a not for profit that provides health education services to elementary and middle schoolers in Georgia. They come into school, give presentations and work with the teachers on furthering education on healthy decisions once HealthMPowers has finished their time at the school. As you can see, the website needs a little updating- I will be working on that this summer along with drafting the annual report and of course writing lots of press releases. More to come on my adventures!
So this crazy thing happened, literally a week before moving to Atlanta while I am packing up my life, I get an email from a giant PR firm in Atlanta asking if anyone is interested in working with this B2B boutique firm over the summer, I jumped at the opportunity, nailed the interview which I had the day I moved down here and now I am working part time as well at Weaver Stephens Group! I am really excited to be working with them and I think if anything, I will learn a ton! So far, I have been busy pretty much every second I have been there which is always a really good sign.
I am really excited about this summer and all that will be happening. Coming up (hopefully within the next week or so): where I am living, how I like living on my own, and the crazy first week I had down in Atlanta.
Last Dance with Clemson U 