If I here the above one more time I think I may spontaneously combust! Been rejected from a lot of newspaper, radio and even TV jobs. But so far I keep on plugging away . . .
I have voluntary hospital radio experience, work ex placements on radio, my own radio show at Uni for three years. Work ex placements on newspapers and an actual job in Australia on a paper for nearly eight months!
The whole employer wants experience but you can only get experience by being employed cycle.
Went for an interview a month or so ago now in Blackburn, got my rejection letter on November 1 - great start to the month. Hmm.
As I type I am waiting to hear back from a job in Scunthorpe - so virtually fingers and legs crossed please.
If I don't get the Scunny job I have mapped out (roughly) want I plan to do in the future.
Continue working at Asda - I am pretty much full time there at the moment and doubt that will change in the run up to Xmas and continue writing for Bleacher Report.
Sometime early next year go on a holiday, as I haven't had a meaningful break since Australia, so feel I deserve one ;)
I will keep looking for trainee journalism jobs but if no luck, I think I'm going back to a Uni to do a postgrad and strenghten my skills again. Hopefully pass the PA module I got a D in and work my shorthand back up to 100WAM.
This plan is not set in stone as you never know what life throws at you but I think it is the path I will take if I get my 1,002 rejection.
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