Instead of going to work on Wednesday, I chose/ was encouraged to go to the ISU Career Fair. It was a pretty disappointing endeavor because there was only one table out of 112 that wanted someone like me in their company. The rest of the tables were geared toward IT, business, criminal justice, and education majors.
I understand that you can only get so many people to RSVP, but there was a serious lack of diversity there. Forgive me for saying this, but the humanities get very little appreciation or notice in these venues, and it showed at the Career Fair. A lot of faces changed after I walked up to a recruitment table, shook the recruiter's hand, talked about my skills, and said I was an English major. It makes me wonder what people really know about English majors (It isn't all Beckett and Shakespeare).
One good thing came out of going to the career fair: I got my confidence and drive back. I had my resume looked at by someone in the Career Center, I tightened my cover letter writing abilities, and I'm going to work on interviewing. My cover letters to companies X, Y, and Z will go out on Wednesday, and I must say that I am VERY excited about that.
I'll let you know how it goes.
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