Kevin Fish

So here I am, having been job looking for a while now.  Most of my responses have been from companies that upon further research are of questionable validity, there are apparently a lot of scams out there preying on job seekers.  Others, when speaking to the recruiting manager, become obvious that I would end up leaving very quickly out of distaste.  All this has led to a draining of moral and confidence making the search less likely to succeed.

Then a few days ago my mom’s best friend called, I answered, she was trying to reach my mother but we talked for a few minutes anyway.  She is going in for surgery to remove a cyst from her spine within the next few weeks.  Being a religious woman she had plenty to say about my waning sprits.  Hearing from her how things will work out when they are meant to, and how much confidence she has in me, really lifted me back up.

Even without her saying those things, simply speaking to her was a reminder that things could be worse.  My family is all in relatively good health, my parents are kind enough to allow my brothers and I to stay as long as we need, and I don’t have a baby (Our one rule for college was “No babies”).  My only necessity is that come January 1^st I lose my parents’ medical insurance, but I am a healthy 23 year old so I should be ok.

Anyway, back to the job search.  Not much longer and I will need to start working anywhere that will take me, no matter the job.  With the economy looking how it is, that prefect job probably wont come any time soon.   But I’m still applying, and hoping. 

Wish me luck.

Kevin

Well, I’m still looking for work.  On the bright side, I’m getting a better idea of what I want to do.  But since this doesn’t seem to be going very quickly, I will probably end up at a coffee shop before long.  Staffing agencies are looking like a good option too, at least to get myself working.  Also, there’s a job fair coming up on the 18^th, lots of companies will be there so it should be good.

The types of positions I’ve found the most appealing so far run in the range of “project manager” or “producer.”  In either case, throw “associate” or “assistant” in front and I would still be happy.  As far as industries, there are none I would say no to if the company and job were good.  But, I have always been interested in the video game or software industry which would be great to get involved with.  My most important goal now, regardless of the position or industry, is to get experience.

-Kevin

I recently returned from a trip to Europe, which I could fill pages writing about.  But that’s not the purpose of this post.  Before I left for Europe, I graduated from Oregon State University with my MBA.  Because of the trip I had delayed doing much serious job looking.  However, I am now back and job looking, and it is scary.  For all my business schooling I do not have much idea of how to go about job looking, just what people have told me.  While in school I felt lucky that I did not need to work to pay for tuition and rent, my family was kind enough to help out there.  But because I did not need to work, I did not do so very much.

It’s taken me a few days to start getting myself in the right mind set, and I am only at the point of sending resumes to companies that I know of and would like to work for.  My older brother Scott Fish has invited me to join him at a few networking events around Portland which I plan to attend.  There are a few people that I have met through career fairs at OSU that I plan on contacting.  But there are no leads yet.

While I do not know how to go about all of this, I do not feel worried.  One thing that I am confident of is that I will find a job.  Where?  I don’t know.  With what company?  I have no clue.  When will I find the job?  Hopefully soon.