...what your alumni relations will provide. Not long after I moved to the city, I posted on the Purdue Alumni Club of Chicago's LinkedIn page saying that I'd just moved to the city, was looking for a job, and requesting any advice people could give me. About a month ago, I received a message from a fellow member of the club asking what it is that I would like to do. After exchanging a few emails, I sent him my resume, and he passed it on to their recruiting team.
A couple weeks later I got a call from one of the recruiters wanting to set up a time to talk to me about the Advertising Coordinator position. A couple days later I proceeding to have the world's shortest interview lasting all of three minutes. I was asked:
Where did I go to school?
What did I major in?
What am I doing now?
Why am I interested in the position/company?
What are my salary requirements?
When could I start?
He said he would forward my information back to the company, and they should contact me by the end of the next week to set up an onsite interview. That was two weeks ago. I emailed the recruiter and haven't heard anything, so my next plan of action is to contact the company and make sure they received my info and I haven't slipped through the cracks. Oh the joys of waiting...
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Halftime Magazine articles
Hello all! I'd like to apologize for the ridiculously long hiatus from posting on here. Time flies and all that. Anyway there have been some happenings in the past couple months of my absence. My first two articles for Halftime Magazine have been published, online and in print! This is my first real in print publishing (not counting my research) for my work, so I am super excited about it!
My first article is the magazine's feature article for our September/October issue. You can view it online by clicking here. The article is profiles of the first and second place finishers for DCI Finals in World and Open classes. It was really exciting to get to interview such major names in DCI and discuss their shows and seasons with them. I got to learn some pretty awesome things about what happened behind the scenes during their summers. It was especially fun to interview the members who were still riding the high of their placings in finals. There was so much excitement and energy in their words that it made my job of capturing the passion of finals quite easy. I got a five page spread (eight if you want to include ad pages) and pictures; not too shabby for my first article.
My second article is a feature for the November/December issue, which just came out a couple weeks ago. The article is Auditioning for Drum Corps; which gives an overview of the general audition camp experience, what to expect, and how to prepare. There is also a sidebar with tips on how to conquer your nerves (something I've struggled with since I first picked up the trumpet). This article proved to be a little more of a challenge for me than the previous one. I was given more creativity with the focus and format of the article. When I was given my word count I had no idea what I was going to say to fill up all that space. In the end I had nearly twice as much as I needed and spent a great deal of time chopping out anything unnecessary to the article. Entire sections were hacked; I don't think I've ever had so much information and so little room. After I finally finished it, the last person I was waiting to respond got back to me, giving me even more information that had to be included. Another word slashing party comenced. However, I'd rather have that issue over not having enough content (I'm always positive I won't when I start writing). I had to do a couple rewrites to get the format my editor wanted, but by the end I was pleased with the result. I got a four page spread with pictures (six with ads). This one isn't out online yet, but will be next month, so check the Halftime Mag website later.
Finally, the Midwest Clinic Band and Orchestra Conference is here in Chicago next week. I emailed my editor inquiring if we cover the clinic or if it's even in the scope of the magazine. She asked what I had in mind, and I pitched a couple ideas. She responded that both my ideas would make good features, and she'd like me to do a short Noteworthy section as well. So I will go to a couple clinics, send her my notes, and we'll go from there. I'm excited!
My first article is the magazine's feature article for our September/October issue. You can view it online by clicking here. The article is profiles of the first and second place finishers for DCI Finals in World and Open classes. It was really exciting to get to interview such major names in DCI and discuss their shows and seasons with them. I got to learn some pretty awesome things about what happened behind the scenes during their summers. It was especially fun to interview the members who were still riding the high of their placings in finals. There was so much excitement and energy in their words that it made my job of capturing the passion of finals quite easy. I got a five page spread (eight if you want to include ad pages) and pictures; not too shabby for my first article.
My second article is a feature for the November/December issue, which just came out a couple weeks ago. The article is Auditioning for Drum Corps; which gives an overview of the general audition camp experience, what to expect, and how to prepare. There is also a sidebar with tips on how to conquer your nerves (something I've struggled with since I first picked up the trumpet). This article proved to be a little more of a challenge for me than the previous one. I was given more creativity with the focus and format of the article. When I was given my word count I had no idea what I was going to say to fill up all that space. In the end I had nearly twice as much as I needed and spent a great deal of time chopping out anything unnecessary to the article. Entire sections were hacked; I don't think I've ever had so much information and so little room. After I finally finished it, the last person I was waiting to respond got back to me, giving me even more information that had to be included. Another word slashing party comenced. However, I'd rather have that issue over not having enough content (I'm always positive I won't when I start writing). I had to do a couple rewrites to get the format my editor wanted, but by the end I was pleased with the result. I got a four page spread with pictures (six with ads). This one isn't out online yet, but will be next month, so check the Halftime Mag website later.
Finally, the Midwest Clinic Band and Orchestra Conference is here in Chicago next week. I emailed my editor inquiring if we cover the clinic or if it's even in the scope of the magazine. She asked what I had in mind, and I pitched a couple ideas. She responded that both my ideas would make good features, and she'd like me to do a short Noteworthy section as well. So I will go to a couple clinics, send her my notes, and we'll go from there. I'm excited!
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