Monday, April 20, 2015

Under Dressed? (AACC Job Fair)

Last Thursday, I had the fortunate opportunity in covering AACC's annual spring job fair.

During the event, I brought many problems upon myself. 

I feared of not reaching my goal of 10 tweets and interviewing employers and job seekers. 

I was nervous and jittery; My first couple interviews suffered due to juggling my note pad and phone while asking and answering questions.   

I botched a couple interviews with Aflac insurance and the NSA. 

I learned threw out the job fair that good interviews are a result of how you look and conduct yourself as a journalist. 

I got the vibe from a few employers that I was a tad under dressed. 

The result being that the employers didn't take me seriously and didn't give me the information that I was seeking.

The morning of I rolled out of bed, threw on a pair of jeans and a sweater t-shirt not thinking of how I looked.

I was tired from the previous night and did not give a second thought of how I looked.

I wished I would have worn at least a collared shirt and combed my hair.

I also felt a little embarrassment when the whole class interviewed Veronica Boreland.

I was struggling to keep up with my notes because of the questions and answers where coming to fast.

I made the mistake of assuming that I could record her.

When in reality I should have asked her first.

Covering the AACC job fair has taught me a lot and  has given me a new appreciation for Journalism writing.

I struggle a lot with writing notes while interviewing someone; to me it is very unnatural to try to maintain a conversation, write, and have my next question maintain relevancy to the interview.

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