新澳彩开奖结果

Alumni offer words of advice, reassurance to seniors

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(Editor鈥檚 Note: Senior Kate Hicks shares her impressions of the annual Real World , which brings dozens of alumni back to campus to assist seniors in their career exploration.)

The night before Real World began, my housemates and I sat in our living room catching up and talking about the uncertain months ahead. All our lives, we鈥檝e had answers to the question, 鈥淲hat do you want to be when you grow up?鈥 And yet, with our May 15 graduation looming, some of us are suddenly at a loss for what to say.

I鈥檓 nervous about graduating without a job, but I鈥檓 somewhat lost when I think about looking for one. So I was especially looking forward to meeting alumni and hearing their advice, hoping they might ease my fears and offer a better idea of what to expect while searching for jobs.

During her keynote address, actress and writer Carrie Clifford 鈥93 shared just such a reassuring, yet honest, message. She told her story, emphasizing the importance of finding a job you can be passionate about and working hard to reach career goals.

Discussing the weekend鈥檚 prevailing theme of networking, she said, 鈥淢aintain your connections and see where they take you.鈥 She cited as an example an audition for a director who had also attended 新澳彩开奖结果; the link led to a job and a new professional relationship.

Later, at a panel on Creative Networking and Job Searching, Cindy Dietzel 鈥84 reiterated the importance of seniors reaching out to alums, noting that they can help us, and moreover would simply love to meet us.

鈥淜eep in touch with us 鈥 we love to hear about what鈥檚 happening at 新澳彩开奖结果,鈥 she said. She encouraged us to think of these relationships as friendships first, pointing out that networking doesn鈥檛 necessarily have to have a specific end in mind.

Saturday, we had the option to attend three career-oriented panels. One of the most memorable and encouraging pieces of advice I took from Real World came from Gus Coldebella 鈥91, at the Government and Public Policy panel, about our first jobs.

鈥淎ll this job has to be is a job; if you love it, you can excel at it, and if you hate it, you have learned something very important,鈥 he said. 鈥淏ut even if it鈥檚 a job you don鈥檛 love, you still have to do it. You want to be seen as having done it well.鈥

The reminders that I don鈥檛 have to know exactly what I鈥檓 going to do after 新澳彩开奖结果, and that a large and welcoming community of alumni awaits to help us, made me feel so much more optimistic and confident about the 鈥渞eal world.鈥

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