So its been a while since I posted my first post (around 2 months!) and im sad to say that not much has really happened professionally in my life since then. I've been on the hunt for a job since I came home and have had no luck...until this week! This week I have had 2 calls for interviews and 1 for a short term internship! Woo! Only the internship is law related (and I'm super excited about it!!) but I think that having a part time job that isn't related to your college/uni course is good as it gives you a break from studying/learning the same subject and skills and gives you more/different skills to develop.
The first interview was an online interview, which was rather strange, it was for a self employed position in call center but working from home (yeah sounds strange doesn't it!). I was emailed a website link with all the time details and passwords to access the "meeting". Through the interview we viewed a presentation and a young woman discussing the "ins and outs" of the job and what we would be expected to do in the role, then at the end the lady asked us all individually if we had any questions, what experience we had and how many hours we wanted to work a week. I think it went well even though it was my first "online" interview and I received an email the next day inviting me for training for the job. This seemed like a fantastic job but as we were going through the presentation I realised that I didn't think it would be something I could do, so I politely declined the offer of training and continued my job search!
My second interview was a face to face interview, and although i prefer these to the online one it still scared the heeby jeebies out of me! It was a group interview and I think it went well, i got on well with the staff that were interviewing us all and the interviewee's and I came out of the shop proud of myself and feeling confident!
Now for the internship, this was a skype interview with the chief editor the day after my face to face interview. After having spoken to the editor over emails a few times and getting to know her a little bit (She likes Doctor Who so we got on really well!!! :D ) we had a voice call to iron out a few things with the samples I had sent over a few days previously and to go over the details of the internship and that was that :D I GOT THE INTERNSHIP!!!!!
Sooooo...... on Sunday just gone it was my birthday (4th August) and on my way to the cinema with my boyfriend I got a call...... I had been offered the job from my face-to-face interview!!! I GOT THE JOB!!!
So in the space of a week I have gone from being an unemployed student with no legal articles under my belt to having a job and having 2 months worth of legal articles to write for a legal blog :D So don't give up, and take every opportunity you can, you never know where it might lead and any experience is good experience
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