Meg and various other things ([info]less_than_sane) wrote,
@ 2006-03-29 16:59:00
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Job and Internship Fair
I went to my college's job fair this afternoon and spent time schmoozing with recruiters and handing out resumes to the people I liked...which equaled two. I gave my resume to the Nova Group (http://www.teachinjapan.com) whose information session is tomorrow during my 20th Century Music class. I'm reluctant to skip if only because I've skipped before and I don't know what will happen if I do. We have a quiz tomorrow. Maybe I can email Pacun. If I don't go to the information session then I can't get an interview. I need an interview. Keeping my options open and all that jazz, if Teach for America falls through.

I also gave my resume to a guy looking for people interested in paid interns for a senator's campaign. I've always wanted to work for a campaign so I figured, what the hell.

Otherwise, I was browsing and found a lot of PR jobs. You know, since writing = PR... I don't know how interested I am in that.

OH. There was also this weird program called BUNAC. Basically what they do is get you a blue card to work in another country for six months and help you a little with finding a job/apartment. I don't know if I'd want to do something like that. I mean, flying over to another country and not knowing if you'll get a job is kind of scary. It also implies that you have money to stay somewhere while trying to find a job, which I don't. Not only that, but they're describing jobs that are jobs that I can get here. Clerical jobs, service industry jobs...yeah it'd be great to go abroad, but if I had to work in an equivalent of McDonalds while doing it I might shoot myself. So that wasn't going to happen.

That was my little adventure for the day. Fun, right?



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[info]cajun_chick411
2006-03-30 12:02 am UTC (link)
I heard about BUNAC! Someone at my job last summer showed it to me when I mentioned I wanted to do a gap year one of these days. I checked out the website (bunack.uk.org) and it all seemed pretty legit/okay, and the guy I was working with had one of his nephews go use it to go abroad, and he enjoyed himself a lot apparently. But yeah, I think they do require you to have plenty of backup cash, which was going to be an issue.

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[info]less_than_sane
2006-03-30 02:22 am UTC (link)
You can also only stay six months. No more than that. It's hard to land a good job when you have to tell them that you're going to split after half a year.

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[info]lucentstreak
2006-03-30 02:35 am UTC (link)
I did see the NOVA group in Australia- you got to be careful that you're not being sucked into "Macdonaldfying" English as some does happen. Also, if you really want to do it the qualified way - you should check if Nova is willing to fund your studies for a TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language) cert.

Good luck. ;)

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[info]less_than_sane
2006-03-30 04:18 am UTC (link)
Well, they seem to be hiring people more to teach people how to converse in English. Basically, they already know the basics. I'm not sure if they'd fund TESOL certification, but I can always ask tomorrow!

Thanks.

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[info]bellafox
2006-04-05 11:20 pm UTC (link)
Okay, sooo.... HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY! ^^;
Yeah, I'm late and I seriously suck. And here I was all proud and determined to tell you on the right day.

Anyway, hope it was great. :)

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