Macy's!!

So since I've graduated from college I've been searching hardcore for a job..I have a spreadsheet of over 25 jobs that I have applied or need to apply to. I was starting to get in panic mode because it's been almost 2 months and I still have no source of income!! Except for my lovely parents of course. (: But at this age, I should be self-sufficient, right?? Yea..that's what I thought too.

So THANKFULLY I received a call about coming in to interview with Macy's. Score!! I knew from researching that particular store that all they had was on-call positions..which quite honestly was fine with me because I could find another part-time job and be good to go. My first interview went fantastic but my interviewer told me she had no full-time positions available. Well, rats. BUT, she tells me, we have a position open for a Sales Supervisor position, basically an assistant manager of a department. Holy c-iz-ow, that's awesome!! But, um, I've never managed anything before. :/ But, I've done similar tasks and I'm a Stephens Woman, so I can handle anything!! :D Besides, if someone thinks, after only speaking with me for a few minutes, that I'm right for the job, then I guess I am. :)

So I then had to have a 2nd interview with the store manager, Rhonda, who is fantastic. It was a very lax interview considering the position and who I was interviewing with. She told me she was a tough person to work for but I've had horrid bosses before and I think she would be a great person to work for. Tough, yes, but for good reason. That interview also went extremely well and she said she would be in contact with me, which could be legit or could mean "don't call us, we'll call you." So I decided to contact her and ask some questions I didn't think of in the interview and also to see if the position had been filled. Thankfully, it had not and it is now down to me and one other girl, and a phone interview on Tuesday will decide my fate. Personally, I think I've got it in the bag, but you never can tell. I don't know who exactly my competition is and how her credentials stack up against mine. What I DO know is that I am going to prepare myself as best I can, show 'em what I got, and make sure my grandmother says a rosary for me. (:

Should this not work out *knock on wood* there are other places I am looking at as well, retail and "office coordinator" positions mostly. It's rather frustrating because the jobs I want and the jobs I went to school for want someone with a Bachelor's degree, but they also want someone with 3 to 5 years experience, which of course I can't get because I haven't worked in that job. I understand cutting costs and promoting within makes sense, but cut us grads a break!!

Where does the time go...

Well it's hard to believe that it's almost July of 2010. I'll be turning 22 in a couple weeks which makes me feel old and young at the same time. It also makes me ponder what I have accomplished in my "lifetime." I definitely feel I have changed as a person in the past couple years, thanks mostly in part to the AMAZING people I met at Stephens College. The first time I went there I thought it was one of the greatest places I've been, especially considering it's still SCHOOL. ;] Listening to alumnae coming back for the 50-year reunion ((WOW!!)) and hearing them say Stephens was still one of the best parts of their lives lets me know that Stephens is a part of me and I am a part of Stephens. So I've gotten an education..which is great. I've had 2 internships, learned what it is I do and do NOT want to do, got some contacts, made some good friends, and found I really was on the right track. Sometimes I feel as though, compared to some people my age, that I haven't accomplished much. I feel like I should be out changing the world, curing a disease, coming up with some invention that will stand the test of time. Although these are all great and admirable things, I think I may have been thinking too large. First off, it shouldn't matter how my best is compared to everyone else's. If it is my personal best, than it's my personal best and I should be proud of that. Also, I may not be able to make a difference to the WHOLE world, but I can make a difference to someone in my immediate world: a friend, family member, colleague, or even a random stranger. I may not be a famous celebrity and be plastered all over magazines, but I would like to think that the people who DO know me think I'm pretty great, which is celebrity enough for me.

So I guess what I'm saying is that people may have hopes and dreams that they think will take them really far, and they just might. But it really is true what they say: "Shoot for the moon, for even if you miss you will land among the stars."

Summer!!

It's summer time..and it's been forever since I've updated my blog. Here is what has happened in the past couple months:

1. Received my Bachelor's degree in Entrepreneurship and Business Management with a minor in Special Event Planning.
2. Began as a volunteer with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Champaign to assist with the Chocolate Extravaganza.
3. Started reading Gone With the Wind..which I can appreciate WAY more now then when I attempted to read it in High School.
4. Am now watching an obscene amount of television..which means seeing movies I've never had time to see:
Phantom of the Opera
House Bunny
Madame Bovary
Anna Karenina (sp?)
and lots more black and white movies with random titles that make life seem, if only for 2 hours, happy, romantic, and a little bit more serene.

At first I just thought that I would relax for awhile, find a job, and that would be it. But, as they say, you make plans and God laughs. Finding a job has been more difficult than I thought and so I have aLOT more free time than I bargained for. At first, I was upset because everyone else around me had a job. But then I realized I have been given the opportunity to do what I want to do, now that I have the time available and am living with my parents so I don't have a lot of expenses. (: So now I'm choosing to pursue my hobbies, give back to causes important to me, and learn all that I can about things I WANT to learn about instead of things I SHOULD learn about.

So please, if you have any book/movie titles you think I should be aware of..please, let me know.
:D