So this past March I hit the one year mark at my job as a proofreader. It's been good, valuable experience. But I'm ready to move on, I need a change and to get going with my career. Nothing against my boss or coworkers, who are all good people, but there is no room for me to move up, so I need to move on.
In March, I also began taking classes at NYU's School of Continuing Professional Studies, because they have a nationally-known publishing program. I love it. It's affordable, I take one class per session, that meets once per week, and the people teaching are fabulous! They aren't just professors, they are people currently working in the industry and provide wonderful insight to the publishing world. So far I've taken two classes and will start my third in the fall (I need 5 to earn my Certificate in Editing). Every class makes me want to be in publishing more and more! I've always wanted to be involved with my love of reading, and this program is just solidifying it.
While I've been actively searching and applying to jobs (every day for months), Ive only had a handful of interviews. I'm being told that I don't have enough experience, even for entry-level jobs! It's scary. No one wants to train anyone, they want you to know the job before you even start. This is where my lack of internships is killing me. I only did one while in college because I worked and did sports while taking full time classes, add in my commute time from LI to NYC, it didn't leave me much time for anything else. So one of the reasons I began the NYU SCPS program is to gain more experience, to add to my knowledge, and earn my certificate. To have NYU on my resume. It couldn't hurt.
But alas, I've updated my resume and written new cover letters, telling of my classes at NYU, and still nothing.
In my job search, I've also been applying to internships, while I would love to have a paid one to lessen the blow of quitting a full time job, they're hard to come by. I'm realizing I have to take a risk and leave my stable Monday through Friday, 9-5 job to take an internship so I can get into my dream career of publishing. My parents fully support this idea, saying I'm better off taking the chance now while I live at home and don't pay rent, or have children. So if I do get an internship, I would quit my stable job and have to work part time in retail or something else to pay my minimal bills. I swore I'd never go back to retail, but I am realizing I need to take a step back to leap forward.
It's just scary, there's no other word to describe it. Being a 26 year old college graduate and I can't even get an entry level job in the field I so desire, it's depressing. I'm stuck in a routine, doing the same mundane thing day in and day out. I'm losing my mind. I feel useless and not good enough, but I have the desire and determination to work hard, but it's not enough in this economy. I don't know what else I can do, I'm really trying. Someone's gotta give me a chance. Something's gotta give.
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