Inspiring Job Search Stories
Lisa Wells PR & Marketing: Public Relations job, Digital Content/Marketing Hometown/Current City I live in New York City, NY Industry you represent I’ve been a publicist for more than 20 years. I’ve had my own consulting firm for 6 years. I offer my clients digital and creative content for social media, trade and press event […]
The Beginning I did not have access to the internet while studying and because of this, I did not have the information which would have helped me choose the right career. I was a good student with good grades. I went with the flow and entered a college with a good reputation, picking a […]
Story: My career with technology In my final year of high school, I was utterly confused about what to do next. All I knew was that I was good at math, and that allowed me to explore and enjoy different fields at university. My dad suggested, “why not Computer Science?”. The field was beginning to […]
Ever since I started in my job in venture capital as an Analyst at Rev1 Ventures, I have been intending to write a post detailing my experience trying to break into the world of venture capital. Venture Capital is a notoriously difficult sector to make your way in to, especially junior roles for someone only […]
Why did you seek out a career in the advertising industry? Patience has never been my strong suit, so finding a career that allows me to see immediate results was a natural fit for me. Advertising provides the best of both worlds – a perfect combination of working directly with clients and leveraging creativity. The […]
If you’ve been on social media in recent years, I’m sure you came across a few memes about the struggles to get a job without experience. Here’s one of them: As the market is becoming more and more competitive, university degrees alone are not enough anymore. Most employers today look at experience and a proven […]
My professional trajectory followed some values I absorbed from my father. As a Physical Education professional, I have always followed him and I have fallen in love with sports since I was a child. At the moment of deciding which professional path I would follow, the sport was throbbing in my veins, but my passion […]
if you want to get a job without a degree , read this story once. A long title needs a long intro! This story is meant to be read from start to finish. I hope to provoke you to push yourself towards achieving what you WANT to do, not just what you think you CAN do. […]
I went to university in the UK to do a Business and Management degree. Originally I wanted to specialize in a marketing degree, because this was the area I was most interested in pursuing in my future career, but someone advised me to broaden my studies so that I wasn’t limiting my options. It was […]
As I sat in my college lectures attempting to learn the in’s and out’s of the communication industry, I often found myself daydreaming after 10 minutes of aggressively taking notes. As anyover thinker, I thought about what I could build to create a better world. I would run through hundreds of random ideas in my […]
