Career Fair

I went to the Career Fair Monday and it actually turned out to be a really good experience. Since I am predominately interested in sports journalism, I made sure to attend the sports journalism panel, which featured graduates sharing their experiences about pursuing their careers in the sports journalism field. All of the former students rattled off numerous sports broadcasting outlets and publications that I am familiar with and I was impressed by the positions they all held.

It was encouraging to see all of these former students doing so well in a field where there are supposedly no jobs to get. They all gave really helpful advice and tips when marketing yourself for potential employers. Every person on the panel said that going to Maryland and graduating from the Philip Merrill School of Journalism put them at an advantage in the job market. After the panel was done talking, we had a chance to introduce ourselves. The one girl on the panel particularly caught my eye since she had done a three year internship with Inside Hockey covering the Washington Capitals, basically my dream job. Upon introducing myself, I shared my love of hockey and for the Caps, along with my interest in her career path. She was really nice and told me all about the internship, which sounded too good to be true. She promised to email me someone from Inside Hockey's contact information, which she did later Monday night.

Now I am faced with the task of creating a resume to send to him, which is proving to be really challenging since I barely have any journalistic experience. Aside from being completely under qualified, I am so excited to email this guy my resume when I get it together. Whatever happens with the internship, I'm so glad I took the time to go to the Career Fair because it showed me what it takes to compete in the sports journalism field and I made some connections in the process.