Still no summer internship…
In the midst of job hunting, I realized that I had to make myself productive in the meantime. So I’ve recently developed and started my own music news and audio blog (beatcakesblog.com). This project was inspired by my entrepreneurship class with Dr. Patrick Maggitti (excellent professor. take him if you can!). I started this blog in March and I’m happy to say that I’m getting great feedback and web traffic. I’m getting tremendous buzz around it by networking at events and such. I’m not sure what the future may hold with the blog in terms of monetizing it, but I can honestly say that it’s preparing me for working in the music industry in a way, by forcing me to keep up with the pulse of the industry. I’m also in the process of developing a clothing site with my friend called beatcakesstore.com (If you remember my introduction post, I mentioned hosting/DJing a radio show here at Temple called Beatcakes. It’s just a name I came up with, so I decided to extend it as a brand). So yeah, things are going okay so far.
The title of this blog is “Opportunity Knocks,” but you have to make your own opportunities sometimes.
VISIT: The Innovation and Entreprenuership Institute at the Fox School
Jena joined the CSPD as the Assistant Director of Recruitment and Professional Development with over 4 years career services experience including a background in corporate recruiting. She is excited to work collaboratively with the Fox School students regarding career search strategies and hopes students gain some additional insight into the job search through “Opportunity Knocks”.
The token recent grad, I just finished in May 2008 with a BBA in Marketing and International Business. I worked hard and was way more involved than my schedule should've permitted, but I made it through and it paid off. I'm now taking on a consulting position with a large multi-national firm here in Philadelphia. I'm going to be blogging about what I did to get here, life now that I'm here, and what I'm trying to get out of the so-called real world.
I'm graduating in 2010, majoring in entrepreneurship, though by no means am I waiting till then to start my own business. Through this blog I'm hoping to let students see how easy it is to get a job, and looking forward to having more Temple students join me in the next wave of Philly Entrepreneurs!
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