Sunday, February 10, 2013

Trying to figure out the next steps

I haven't written a personal update in some time, so why not now?

My internship extension is going fairly well. I love Florida weather: while it is freezing cold back home in Pennsylvania, it is sunny and an average of 70 down here in Orlando. For a girl who hates the cold, it's been bliss. I've been very much enjoying my extension, but the next steps need to be completed.

I have thought for some time that maybe a permanent move to Florida was in my future. I had applied for many jobs down here and one even got back to me. But, the pay is not much more than I make currently at my internship and if I stayed, I would make more doing what I do now. Although I do have a second interview for the job, I am not sure it's meant to be.

I have been looking at jobs back at home and surrounding areas. A few have gotten back to me, but unfortunately, they are looking for the positions to be filled immediately and I cannot commit to that. 

Public Relations is a field I do have a passion for. I know what it takes to promote yourself and a company. I like the world of communications as a whole, but it is a difficult industry to get your foot into. I knew that going in initially, and I think that my lack of an actual PR internship is making it difficult. Many of the jobs I am looking at are something I can't see myself being happy with. 

When I took a marketing class, I was really interested with the planning that went along with it. I found myself liking the marketing side even more than the PR side. Furthermore, I really liked the planning that went along with events here in Orlando.

When New Fantasyland opened, I saw so many media event and event planning people and knew it- that was what I really wanted to do. I loved the media and planning that went along with showcasing the grand opening (which was fantastic by the way). This was what I wanted to get into with Public Relations.

PR and Event Planning definitely go hand in hand a lot. I've been looking into the event planning world (including wedding planning) and I am thinking of taking an online course in becoming a Certified Wedding and Event Planner. More experience could equal a job. Unfortunately... it costs (obviously) and although I have the money to do a payment plan, it's still a lot to dish out.

Right now, I'm trying to figure out the next steps. I know what I want to do- events. But, I'm trying to figure out how to do it. Finding a job is the obvious solution, but it's rather difficult to do when there will be many new graduates looking for jobs at the same time as me (and by May, I will have been graduated a year. Ouch).

I'm still looking and hopefully something comes up soon. I just hope I have a clearer mind in the next days or weeks coming up.