For Hire

Growing up I had dozens of potential careers in mind. I wanted to be everything from a truck driver to veterinarian to a RCMP. As I grew up, I began to see why those probably were not the careers for me (being allergic to horses makes for a rough career as a veterinarian).

I went to university with the intention of becoming a teacher. However, sometime during my second year I realized that I honestly had no interest in actually being a teacher, so I changed my major. Now I am almost finished a degree that I love, but I'm left with the horrifying prospect of graduating without career in mind.

Right now, my best prospect seems to be journalism. I love politics and research and post-it notes, all of which I deem to be important aspects in career as a journalist. But what if I don't like journalism, or worse yet, what if I don't get into to school at all? I don't even have a backup plan.

While I love my degree, I feel like it left me with high and dry, without any practical skills or knowledge for getting a job. Is this the university's plan for keeping students within their scholarly claws? Perhaps...

I've thought a lot about what my perfect job would be. I'm sure that it would involve politics, human rights, Latin America and writing. I would love to work with an NGO, such as the UN, but I don't think that is realistic enough a goal.
Of course there is still a glimmer of hope that I will find the perfect job, but it sure hasn't happened yet.