{"id":1832,"date":"2008-11-27T14:11:32","date_gmt":"2008-11-27T14:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=1832"},"modified":"2008-11-27T14:13:20","modified_gmt":"2008-11-27T14:13:20","slug":"editorial-pursuits-4-where-have-all-the-openings-gone-long-time-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/27\/editorial-pursuits-4-where-have-all-the-openings-gone-long-time-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial Pursuits #4 – Where have all the openings gone? (Long time passing)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong><\/a>\"\"<\/a>Julie Matysik<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(Yamanashi-ken, 2006-07) is a freelance copy editor and aspiring in-house editor who recently moved to NYC with her husband (also a JET alum).\u00a0 She has just started an internship in editing\/publishing\/writing. \u00a0<\/em>Editorial Pursuits<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0chronicles her job hunting efforts, experiences and lessons learned.<\/em><\/p>\n

Warning<\/span><\/strong>: the following post is coming from deep frustrations with job searching and the inability to land a solid\u00a0entry-level job\u00a0in the editing and publishing field over the past four months.<\/p>\n

I cannot even begin to express how frustrating it is when you check a site daily for jobs and find nothing a) that you are qualified for, b) that is in the city you are living in, or c) — just plain nothing!<\/p>\n

My most favorite, and most reliable,\u00a0job searching sites-Publisher’s\u00a0Marketplace<\/strong>, MediaBistro<\/a><\/strong>, and Book Jobs<\/strong>-have not posted anything pertinent to my job search needs in the last two weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of course, I know better\u00a0than to blame the\u00a0job search engines\u00a0for\u00a0a lack of open, entry-level positions. I know that so many people are out there searching for jobs and are having a rough time finding things to apply for (and that’s only one step in a huge battle to land a position at a publishing company) but it’s hard not to feel slightly dejected with the whole process.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I’ve learned, however, that it’s better for your overall sanity and\u00a0peace of mind\u00a0to try to make the best out of every situation and so that’s what I’m determined to do at this moment. I will continue to embrace my internship, absorb and glean as much knowledge and experience as I can, and hopefully when I’m least expecting it, my once-dependable job sites will produce something posted especially for me.<\/p>\n

Now that would be something to be thankful for.<\/p>\n

Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Julie Matysik\u00a0(Yamanashi-ken, 2006-07) is a freelance copy editor and aspiring in-house editor who recently moved to NYC with her husband (also a JET alum).\u00a0 She has just started an internship in editing\/publishing\/writing. \u00a0Editorial Pursuits\u00a0chronicles her job hunting efforts, experiences and lessons learned. Warning: the following post is coming from deep frustrations with job searching and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,10,45,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-career","category-networking","category-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t