Sunday, February 15, 2009

(Sigh) The Future...?

As graduation starts to reer its ugly head I begin to wonder about the future. I guess that's a good thing, it means that i'm aware college won't last forever and i'm accepting the finality of my adolescence but that doesn't mean i'm not terrified, confused...BEWILDERED! Over the weekened my mom asked me, "Where do you see yourself in five years?" I replied with a humm emmm ohhhh 0000 umm i don't know. And then she commented on the frequency in which employers ask that question during the interview process and I began to sweat. She's right. I've been hearing that question since highschool but in highschool it was easy because i could say something completely outlandish and it wouldn't matter because i wasn't close enough to the "future" for any of it to matter. Now im three months away from the finish line and i actually have to answer that dreadful question, where do i see myself in five years. Ahhhhh!!!! Well i've had little to no experience working in public relations or advertising, my summer internship taught me a little but nothing specific in order for me to get ahead in the industry. So like i said i have no idea where i'll be in five years. I don't know where i'll be in one year. All i hope is that i have some sort of income, a warm house and food to live on. Would that be a bad response to an employer's question? Or would a better response be, "Well Bob, in five years i see myself working as an account executive on one of Rochester's biggest ad campaigns and taking home at least 2 Addy awards a year. I mean come on!! To be honest Bob i don't konw where i'll be in five years, i'm just starting out in this industry and i don't what my strengths are yet, i don' t know what im good at yet, so if you give me a couple months maybe even a year to discover my inner PR guru, can i let you know then?

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