Landed My First Internship

I am having an amazing week. I've been lightly job searching in an attempt to fill up some time, learn something new and find a new mentor. I answered a couple ads on Craigslist not expecting much because I've already done this several other times, never finding something I was interested in and honestly, very doubtful of Craigslist. Well, this morning I was woken up early by a phone call. The lady on the phone mentioned something about being a PR/marketing firm dealing with social networking and asked when I had time to come in for an interview. My half asleep mind tried to recall my schedule for the week knowing I had a pretty packed schedule. After several seconds I groggily offered to come in today after class and got the address to the place.

I drove over to the office, which is a mere 5 minutes from my school and arrived about half an hour early. Went upstairs, the interviewer Alison sat me down on a round table and began to ask me questions about my history and thoughts on social networking. We talked for about 10 minutes til she asked when I'd be available to start. "Well, I can start immediately if you're interested in me". She said that by a look at my credentials that yes, they would be. I gave her my schedule and she put me in to start next week Tuesday.

Cool, I thought, that was pretty easy! Now I have something to do 3 days a week. I took Miki around to do some errands and we went shopping for business casual clothes in Hollywood. Came home and decided to do some research on the company.

WOW.

The company is one of the largest private PR firms in America with clients like Epson, Pokerstars.com, Kodak, SixFlags, Microsoft, Dell and Sega! I recalled her saying something about how the CEO was Bill Gate's first publicist. Holy crap! I did not think I was doing an interview for such a reputable company... in fact, my response to their cg listing that clearly asked for a resume began with "I don't have a resume but I think I'm highly qualified for this position" before naming what I've managed to accomplish that I thought was related to PR in one way or another such as my high traffic blog, Youtube partnership & graphic design business.

I'm almost glad I didn't know beforehand because I might have been nervous doing my interview! I came in with black skinny jeans, SANDALS and thankfully at least threw on a collared blouse before I left the house earlier that day for school. I'm so glad I landed the internship!! Yay!

Can't wait til Tuesday to start. I believe the hours are something like 9AM-6PM. Wow. That means I have to wake up at 7:30. What! lol. Tuesday is also the day after my birthday. Makes me feel old... my first day of work in corporate America. Included in the bag of work attire I bought today was a skirt which length is longer than most dresses I wear. Hahaha.. "Man.. Is this what my future looks like?" I asked Miki while I looked at my reflection in the mirror.

I'm really excited. Got a good feeling about this and it perfectly coincides with my major. Who knows, maybe I'll end up being a major public relations manager in a few years. ;)