Like every other sophomore undergraduate student on the planet, I am currently trying desperately to get an internship for this summer. I have been applying to anything and everything that I have found via search engines, job posting sites, EJN, and word-of-mouth. Throughout this exhaustive process I realized something (well, a lot of things, but this one is the most important): I don’t necessarily know what I’m the best at when it comes to my major. Am I better at planning or creating? I have NO idea?
I’m not sure if it is lack of skill or simply lack of confidence, but I still haven’t been able to find the one thing that I am REALLY good at and am equally passionate about. I’d like to think that I’m a pretty decent writer, an above-average photographer, and have a creative way of looking at situations in general, but I don’t really know how to make myself look super appealing to employers. I want employers to see my resumé and want to hire me on the spot, but I don’t know how to get there. But, I think that creating (or re-vamping) my online portfolio has helped me tackle this challenge in a fun way.
First of all, completing this exercise got a lot creative juices flowing. I never realized how much I enjoy web design (if creating a Wix cite even counts as web design?). I recently switched to from Strategic Communications to Communication Design last fall, but I am still not really sure what I want to do for a living because I haven’t had a chance to really delve into or experiment with my major classes just yet. Although I can already tell that I enjoy the creative process behind all kinds of communication more than the logistics side of things, I guess you could say that am still trying to figure out my calling. Maybe it’s web design, maybe it isn’t.
Still, I think that that I want to do this summer to figure out the answer to that question. What is my calling? I want to get an internship that either really love or really hate. That way I either know exactly what I want to do, or I know exactly what DO NOT want to do. That’s what internships are for anyways?
I think that my online portfolio (joellehalle.wix.com/joellehalle) will help me stand out in ways that a simple cover letter/resumé combo would not. The site I have created shows just enough of my personality and passions to make it intriguing to employers, but it still remains professional. Because I already have a good amount of my work on my site, I think that what I have so far will definitely work in my favor when trying to land an internship.
Right now I am waiting to hear back from Under Armour after completing a first-round interview last month. I am SO passionate about the Under Armour, that if I get it I might actually explode. If I were to snag a position for the summer, I would be working in a youthful, fast-paced environment that is constantly changing, which would be such an amazing opportunity. I will hopefully be working side-by-side with graphic designers and brainstorming for REAL campaigns (if you can’t tell I’m really excited). I am supposed to hear back from them soon, but until then I will be continuing my search for the perfect internship.
Creating Multimedia Content 