This will be a very short entry, as I have a mountain of work still to do...
Today I found out that I have been selected to attend a graduate recruitment day (with 11 other candidates) for a job as an Account Assistant in an amazing PR agency in West London. (Note: I don't think its appropriate for me to name-drop here, so I haven't!)
I've read the email at least twenty times in the last four hours, because it doesn't seem real. (it is!).
Only a few hours prior to finding out I was talking to PR professionals (at the CIPR Wessex's "Meet the PRofessionals" annual meeting) who have made it in the industry, about interns working for free because of the demand for jobs in PR. It sort of made me realise that I would have to graft and grind unpaid just to get on the massive PR ladder, and it scares me that in a matter of weeks I leave the relative comfort of university life to return to the 'normal world'.
The offer of a chance of a paid position in London (something I thought was only a pipe dream when I started uni in 2008) is a really exciting prospect; and I've not stopped thinking about it all night!
Anyway, I'm off to read the email (again!) before cracking on with some more dissertation work...
Paul
Congrats Paul, that's amazing! You're going to have to share in another post what the interview was like- especially if you were given any crazy questions and what the other candidates were like.
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