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Happy Friday! This week, I made the switch from full-time to part-time for my internship since I am buckling down and really getting job applications written and sent, and so I have done a lot of thinking this week about how to apply for jobs and the best tricks I have learned over the past year or more.
I plan on doing a full post about my internship at the end of my experience, but in the meantime, I will be sharing some more of my tips and tricks for writing resumes, cover letters, and applying for jobs in general. Today, I want to talk about something that I finally took the plunge to do, and that would be reaching out to old friends, acquaintances, and connections to learn more about jobs.
Generally speaking, I am a pretty outgoing person, but I really dislike having to reach out to people with whom I have lost touch to ask for a favor. I have never been able to put my finger on exactly why that is, but I value genuine contact and never want anyone to think that I am using them for information. As I was applying for a few jobs this week, I found out some old acquaintances from high school work at some of the companies I was looking into, and I hemmed and hawed about shooting them a message on LinkedIn.
But, I decided that it was worth a shot and I had very little to lose since I hadn't been close with any of these connections in quite some time. And as it turns out (big surprise here), everyone was really helpful, glad to hear from me, and not scary even one bit. I'm super glad that I took a chance on reaching out to a few old friends because now it will be less scary to reach out to people I know even less! Plus, maybe reconnecting with one of these acquaintances will lead to a great new job offer?!
The moral of the story is this: if you have been nervous about reaching out to someone, whether it be someone you have never met or an old friend with whom you've lost touch, now is your chance! It just might be the push that lands you your next dream.
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