I was standing in the shower. I was so brain dead from spending the morning trying to make my book better that I thought the water hitting my head was actually going to pierce my skull.
I’ve suffered through 54 days of unemployment, and I’m going crazy. Will the madness ever stop?
But then it hit me. And I don’t mean the water. Why not record my struggles of job hunting? Maybe I can make it sound interesting enough that someone will actually like reading it. Or maybe someone will just have pity on my poor soul.
So here goes nothing.
Days 1 – 53 of unemployment can be recapped with two simple words: it sucks.
I’ve sent hundreds of emails. I’ve made phone calls. I’ve done informational interviews
I’ve filled out numerous online applications, most of which require 2-5 years experience. How does one get experience in advertising when nobody is willing to give it to him?
Glassdoor thinks I am qualified to be a military police officer for the Army, and Monster.com thinks I can be a creative director at Mullen (I wish).
I’ve worked on several new ideas for my book, but they’re just on paper. Any rock star art director that would like to help me produce them would be great.
So hopefully day 54 will be the start of something good. It might capture the eye of a creative director looking for some fresh, new talent. And if it doesn’t work, at least I’ll have fun writing.
Tonight will consist of more creative brainstorming, homemade turkey burgers with a side of baby corn, and some college basketball. Let’s hope somebody really screwed up today and got fired, or that an agency won a huge account. The latter is probably best. But until that happens, we’ll just keep our eyes and ears open for jobs.
#HireTodd
I’ve suffered through 54 days of unemployment, and I’m going crazy. Will the madness ever stop?
But then it hit me. And I don’t mean the water. Why not record my struggles of job hunting? Maybe I can make it sound interesting enough that someone will actually like reading it. Or maybe someone will just have pity on my poor soul.
So here goes nothing.
Days 1 – 53 of unemployment can be recapped with two simple words: it sucks.
I’ve sent hundreds of emails. I’ve made phone calls. I’ve done informational interviews
I’ve filled out numerous online applications, most of which require 2-5 years experience. How does one get experience in advertising when nobody is willing to give it to him?
Glassdoor thinks I am qualified to be a military police officer for the Army, and Monster.com thinks I can be a creative director at Mullen (I wish).
I’ve worked on several new ideas for my book, but they’re just on paper. Any rock star art director that would like to help me produce them would be great.
So hopefully day 54 will be the start of something good. It might capture the eye of a creative director looking for some fresh, new talent. And if it doesn’t work, at least I’ll have fun writing.
Tonight will consist of more creative brainstorming, homemade turkey burgers with a side of baby corn, and some college basketball. Let’s hope somebody really screwed up today and got fired, or that an agency won a huge account. The latter is probably best. But until that happens, we’ll just keep our eyes and ears open for jobs.
#HireTodd
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