This is my 70th post.. Since this is my original blog, I feel more are on their way. This doesn’t stack up to the 87 posts I made on my Japan blog, but soon I’ll make the 100 mark where I’m planning a special post.

Today I want to reflect on my meeting with my career councilor yesterday. What was most shocking was that all the career resources (minus a small few) were all online. I suppose this is no shock to today’s generation, but mass consolidation on enormous list servs are pretty intemindating. I remember looking for this job on countless list servs with hundreds of thousands of jobs posted for the Portland/Vancouver Metro Area. Luckily with the help of my girlfriend we were able to find something, but it nearly took 3 months. With career advice so packed on websites I would venture to say that looking for a job online is just as time consuming as it used to be.

The overqualification factor on hundreds of jobs is also a trap. The councilor suggested looking at internships first, then out-of-college jobs next. I look forward to learning from this process, I have to keep my goals in mind (I want a job that will propel me to something that I’ll enjoy)…

One funny aspect of the meeting is that my career councilor was trying to integrate that if I don’t take career planning seriously then I might end up working in a cubicle… um.. yeah that would *err.. suck. Heh heh.

So I guess in the quest to find a good post-graduate job I’ll mark today: May 17th, 2007 the first day of my Job/Career hunt. (In the mean time I’ll be working sullenly in my cubicle).

~J out

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