HuffPost Tip

One of the tips offered in The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging is that when you get writers block to ask a question. Well my question is: How do people honestly have so much to blog about? I feel like this blog has turned into a boring relationship. You know, like when you are with someone for a long time and you spend a lot of time with the person and eventually they get to know everything about you. After awhile you run out of things to talk about because you have exhausted every topic imaginable. Now I'm not saying I have exhausted every topic on this subject, but I am bored with it and it's a rainy, dreary day, and I still can't think of anything worth blogging about, so I am a bit frustrated. Well that's it for now. I think I am going to give myself the weekend off, unless something so exciting happens that I can't help but blog (although I'm sure it won't). Have a good one.

Five Questions

I recently had a conversation with one of my friends, Rusty Walters, who graduated from Towson last year. I asked him to answer some questions for me. What he had to say wasn't anything I hadn't heard before yet it certainly didn't make me feel better about the job market.

Me: When did you graduate from college?

R: December - 2007.

Me: What did you do after you graduated?

R: I saved up money for a few months and took a few months off to travel and work on a marine conservation project in Fiji.

Me: Was it hard for you to find a job?

R: Surprisingly no. I was very fortunate and my current job just kind of fell into place for me. If it weren't for this position open however, I think it would of been very difficult, at least to find something that I wanted to do. All of my friends in this industry were having problems. The only people who seemed to be getting jobs pretty easily were teachers and nurses.

Me: Do you think it will be hard for students graduating in the next few months to find a job?

R: I would not want to looking for a job now. Everyone seems to being laying people off, not hiring. I know we haven't hired anyone since September and probably won't any time soon. When I read stories about middle-aged people going back to interning for free, just to get into another field that may lead to a job, that scares me.

Me: What advise can you offer college students or college graduates that will help them find a job out of college?

R: Get online. Sites like Twitter, Linkedin, and even Facebook now are great for networking with people. You can do a lot for yourself by showing your intelligence through these sites. There are TONS of executives using them heavily, and interacting with everyone. Get involved in conversation online with them and you'd be surprised. They are also great opportunities to find job listings.

So as you can see, by blogging and getting involved with Twitter, we are all probably in the best position we can be, economic crisis aside. So keep blogging, keep tweeting, and the rest, hopefully, will fall into place.

un-dress for success

As the economy continues to spiral downward, the number of unique solutions to financial problems continues to rise. I have read some stories about bankers now becoming cab drivers and CEOs now delivering pizza, but this story is by far my favorite. A strip club called The Foxy Lady, located in Rhode Island held a job fair to recruit new strippers! Now I know times are tough, but seriously?

back to reality

I want to first begin by apologizing for not blogging in a week. I was celebrating my last spring break ever! My boyfriend took me to Vegas (which was amazing by the way). The picture above is of these beautiful blown glass flowers that cover the ceiling at the Venetian. I love the colors and I was told that each one of the flowers costs thousands of dollars. But, now that I'm back its back to reality. Eight weeks left of classes and then the much anticipated graduation day.

Secondly, I would like to say that I finished reading The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging and it is a great book with tons of information about blogging. It has really helped me a lot and I am going to share some tips with you in a couple later blogs. But for now its back to work. Hope everyone enjoys their final hours of spring break!

CNN says so

So this one is going to be short but sweet. I was looking through CNN's website today and found this article on the homepage. It is an article posted in TIME magazine about the job forecast for college graduates. Basically what is says is things are worse than we thought... great.