I HAVE A REAL JOB!!!!

Woah. I kind of have to take a step back and realize that this is a pretty big deal for me. Although I've had many jobs, I've never actually had a real salary...Oh, the possibilities! I was offered a position as Assistant Convention Sales at the Fort Worth Convention and Visitor's Bureau (long name for Tourism Bureau basically)...If you don't know what a CVB does or how it works, I highly encourage you to visit Fort Worth Convention & Visitor's Bureau. Fort Worth is an incredible destination that brings in over 5 million visitors each year. The job of the CVB is to secure contracts with hotels, promote the city, invite clients on site tours and city tours, and assist in any services or preparations for the client before and during their stay. I work in Convention Sales which brings in an ENDLESS amount of associations...Side note: I'm literally blown away by all of the associations. There is an association-you name it. Oh, and if there's an association already, Texas has eight more with its own associations...point is this is BIG business...especially in terms of the city and it's economy.


Today was my day 4 on the job...and I must say I couldn't have started during a better week. My first day there was a party with cake, ice cream and target gift cards...for Assistant's Day. (Yes, I got one-even though it was just my first day!). The next day I joined some of the ladies from the CVB (all very fun) to the Marriot where we had a welcome lunch followed by a tour. Today, we were invited to a new entertainment venue in town so that we can promote to our clients: Piece of Work. It's a *BYOB* painting studio where the vibe is so relaxing and fun you will melt into your wine while you follow a local artist's painting instructions to create your own masterpiece...Needless to say, I had a good time with this. 


Those were some of the fun things I really enjoyed this week...And with the good, comes always the bad. The intranet communication system for the CVB is so deeply and intricately layered that it is so hard to figure out where everything is. So I'm expecting a learning curve which hopefully won't last too long because this system basically controls how I do my job. Also, I'm finding that everyone is so incredibly busy and it is a smaller business that there is no official training of any kind. It's more of a "dive right in" approach. So far, I'm just trying to ask as many questions when I can as possible, but at Day #4, I'm thinking it's gonna take another week or so for me to get it all down. 


More on what my job entails in the next post! 

The Perfect Boyfriend

Watch this clever ad for a good laugh and make you wish you're boyfriend could shmooze the fam like this

Moving Right Along...

I've been in a bit of a slump the past few weeks as I'm constantly waiting to hear back from companies. It seems like every two-three weeks are filled with the same sort of slope: find out about an exciting opportunity, apply, connect, network with everyone I might know to help me get the position, wait, wait wait...and then the slope sluphs off with some sort of vague roadblock: the position is no longer available, timing didn't work out...blah blah blah. This is where my persistence comes in. I am a true fighter and a hard worker so I have been following up like crazy...

and it's not that people aren't hiring right now. They are. It's just that people aren't hiring for entry level jobs right now. It's all about that mysterious 3-5 years experience where I can't seem to catch a break. Can't someone just hire me so that I can spend my time productively and actively working at a company than applying all over the place? I have an interview this friday at an ad agency here in Fort Worth where I'm pretty sure I can convince them I'm the best for the job. After all this job searching, it can become demeaning and frustrating, but I know I AM the best person for the job so I am going to keep on winning...as Mr. Sheen would say.

Marilyn Knows Best

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." -Marilyn Monroe

   

 

Why So Serious?

If you've had as long a week as mine, you might appreciate the rest of the ads on this site. They'll give you a good laugh and remind you how advertising doesn't always have to be so serious.
www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/11/40-seriously-funny-print-ads/#

This is a good reminder of how humor (in the right context, for the right situation) can be utilized for a great advertisement. After all of the thousands of advertisements we're exposed to daily, we might as well receive a little entertainment, right?