Inagural Post - Get a job, kid!

I'm a recent graduate at Georgia State University, class of 2009.  I finished up my undergraduate and managed to run away from college with a B.A. in public relations.  I chose my major because I love to write and hoped that one day I could utilize any sort of literary creativeness left in my brain after schooling for promotional purposes on behalf of a great company, whether part of an outsourced firm, or an internal PR department.

Don't let the picture fool you.  There's a 3:1 student to homeless person ration on this campus

After graduating last December, the job market was a barren wasteland.  No entry level jobs, and if there were any, they might as well have required previous experience with some of the people I was competing with for the positions.  All my interviews never produced any results.  I waited on phone calls from employers, who sometimes never even called, and whored myself out via e-mails and hand written letters.

GSU had nothing to offer me.  The career counselor couldn't assist me with anything.  Their online resources were completely useless.  My good friends offered me better advice on my resume and job hunting techniques than people who were actually paid to give advice on the subjects.  

An acquaintance at the time that I played basketball with on a weekly basis offered me a store manager position at a start-up company that sells non-fat frozen yogurt, which is pretty cool for an ex-fatty like me (although I never really craved sweets, I just liked to eat whoppers and french fries until I got sick).  For weeks I refused, waiting and hoping someone would give me a call-back, an interview...anything.  Desperation settled in and I eventually gave in; not to mention my increasing debt and shrinking bank account.  I began running the company's newest store location in the Brookhaven neighborhood of Atlanta, GA.

It's non-fat and healthy, I swear!

It wasn't long before, to my knowledge, I stood out over my co-workers at the same level as myself.  I was deemed capable enough to run multiple stores and I now act as an area manager for the company looking over multiple stores in a multi-million dollar district.  The corporate structure is close, and I'm only maybe two positions away from the big boss CEO/President.  I have high hopes this company can take me to where I want to go.  In this somewhat saturated market, we hope to make a big splash and be bigger than our competitors in a short period of time. 

I hope to archive my experiences learning business, HR, and expansion with this company in this blog.