When I first took a career assessment test at The Career Center when I was a freshman, the top job it thought I should consider was "Catholic priest and/or Rabbi". I was a little disappointed, to be honest. I had come looking for direction, and this test basically told me to go and join a convent. Great.
Fastforward to now, 4 years later. I've graduated from WashU with a major in Japanese. Having spent a year in Japan, however, I'm pretty sure that I don't want to live there, but I'm not fluent enough to use my language skills in a professional setting here in the US. This puts me in a bit of a bind in terms of finding a job directly related to my major. By the time graduation was nearing, I didn't have any solutions to this problem, and I was beginning to panic. It was time to think "outside the box" (nooooooo!).
Thankfully, I got a job at The Career Center working as Career Development Fellow, a one year position doing student group outreach on campus. This satisfies my primary career-related urges: helping people, giving advice, and having lots of contact with others (all things that would have made me a darn good priest, if only I weren't so attached to being female) AND gives me time to plan my next step, with lots of help and support if I need it.
And my next step is this: I'm applying to graduate school to study creative writing and become an English teacher, something my friends have always teased me was my kharmic fate while I always insisted that my past lives couldn't have screwed up that bad. But now I'm thinking maybe they were right. I'll fulfill all my career-related urges, and get to play with language. What could be better?
Oh, yeah... not having to write a personal statement. Ah, well. If you need any help with a resume or cover letter (or personal statement!) feel free to stop on by. Oh, and did I mention? I took another career assessment test this summer. This one told me I should consider becoming either a teacher or a career counselor. Guess I'm in the right place :)
~Katie, cdf
Fastforward to now, 4 years later. I've graduated from WashU with a major in Japanese. Having spent a year in Japan, however, I'm pretty sure that I don't want to live there, but I'm not fluent enough to use my language skills in a professional setting here in the US. This puts me in a bit of a bind in terms of finding a job directly related to my major. By the time graduation was nearing, I didn't have any solutions to this problem, and I was beginning to panic. It was time to think "outside the box" (nooooooo!).
Thankfully, I got a job at The Career Center working as Career Development Fellow, a one year position doing student group outreach on campus. This satisfies my primary career-related urges: helping people, giving advice, and having lots of contact with others (all things that would have made me a darn good priest, if only I weren't so attached to being female) AND gives me time to plan my next step, with lots of help and support if I need it.
And my next step is this: I'm applying to graduate school to study creative writing and become an English teacher, something my friends have always teased me was my kharmic fate while I always insisted that my past lives couldn't have screwed up that bad. But now I'm thinking maybe they were right. I'll fulfill all my career-related urges, and get to play with language. What could be better?
Oh, yeah... not having to write a personal statement. Ah, well. If you need any help with a resume or cover letter (or personal statement!) feel free to stop on by. Oh, and did I mention? I took another career assessment test this summer. This one told me I should consider becoming either a teacher or a career counselor. Guess I'm in the right place :)
~Katie, cdf
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