So upon moving to Rochester, NY mid-May, my plan was to get a job with some sort of community work or child advocacy center. Here are a few:
The Center for Youth
Hillside Family of Agencies
So I struggled with writing a resume for a few weeks. Eventually sent out my resume and cover letter to a child care agency and had an interview. Never heard anything back. So feeling a tad inadequate (as those who are unemployed usually do), I decided to take action. I started attending free workshops at Rochester Works!. Thus I learned how to write a much better resume, assess my job skills and much much more. Basically they helped me learn how to sell myself. I was also taught the importance of networking. Thus I started this blog and also joined LinkedIn (here is my profile). Right around this time, a close friend of mine recommended that I look into joining AmeriCorps(for the second or third time). It caught me because a week before this I was talking to someone at a party who ushered me to join AmeriCorps here in Rochester.
Basically AmeriCorps deals with placing individuals in community service settings. I would serve for a year but also get help with my school loans and receive a modest paycheck. The nice thing is that the AmeriCorps here in Rochester deals with many of the agencies that I was looking into getting a job at. This is a great opportunity since it will give me a decent amount of experience and also potentially lead to a full-time job. Or at least some contacts for one once my year of service is up.
So that’s where I stand right now. I re-wrote my resume and turned it in along with an application to the Rochester AmeriCorp office. I was told that I was “more than qualified” for a placement and asked to interview at the end of the month. So now I’m just waiting, which is never really fun. But as I’ve noticed lately, things tend to fall into place.
