Once upon a time, I was in the University of Florida chapter of the American Marketing Association. First I was the promotions director, and then I was the historian/webmaster. During the latter role, I wanted to get some testimonials up on our website from AMA alumni who were using their marketing degrees, so I sent out a mass email via Facebook. Today, I was going through all my Facebook messages since Facebook is creepy and saves every last one, and found this gem.
- Conversation started January 25, 2009
Me
AMA Alumni
Do you guys have any cool job info/pictures that we can put on the AMA Alumni page? Or know of anyone else that has recently graduating and is now working? Hope all is well!
- February 3, 2009
Kim
Sure Here's a Tip: If you have a marketing degree and don't want to live somewhere where it snows to your chin change majors Now! Corporate marketing and advertising like the kind of job in "What women want" are all of course in corporate headquearters which are mainly someplace northern or real far away.
Other options: Retail, sales and management. It seems like as soon as you look for a job in marketing, a plethora of sales positions is the only meal on the platter. I Started out of college in retail. Hated stocking shelves with my 4 yr degree and landed a sweet job as a Marketing Coordinator for a Tampa software company called Actsoft. They did some restructurting ad deciding to eliminate marketing and made it only a graphic design team. Graphic design oh yeah, I tried to take courses in that at UF but noooo only GD majors can take it... same at Santa Fe tried there too.
So, now I am a single mom (feature does not come standard in all UF degrees) unemployed, stuck in a lease in Tampa becasue I moved closer to my "sweet" job and am struggling to find a true MARKETING job that doesn't involve sales or retail.
I do have some pics of our Halloweeen bash at Actsoft if you like I can e-mail them to you or I can send you a pic of me sitting on my couch to show you guys graduating this semester may deal with in today's economy. Think it won't happen to you?... I had a 3.9 GPA at UF and highly involved. I am a catch it's just really tough out there now. Trust me!
Me
I'm really sorry to hear about your situation. I know you don't mean to take your anger out on me and I hope you can find peace soon. Thanks for your time.
- February 4, 2009
Kim
No, I am sorry. Don't feel that i was taking my anger out on you. Just wanted to paint a real life picture and very possible scenario. A little jaded right now but typically i am very optimistic and friendly. Let's start over... Hi I am kim Former ama social and professional development director.
Me
Hi Kim! I'm Kelly and I was promotions director and am now the historian and half of the webmaster. I am actually not a marketing student - I'm a pr grad student going into hospital pr (hopefully)! Everyone knows how scary going out into the working world in the current economy is and AMA is trying to give its members the best opportunities but also the most realistic possibilities. Hope all works out for you.
What concerns me most is the fact that I was emailing at 12-something in the morning. I'm on my third REM cycle at 12-something these days!
Anyway, case in point: being a cranky, bitter, downright rude b*tch will not help you in the job hunt. What if my dad was the CEO of the company she was trash-talking? What if I was a hiring manager and Miss Kim's resume ended up on my desk tomorrow? Clearly her current Facebook photo is of her wedding so I'm not too worry about the "single mom" part of her message.
Also, I have ALWAYS been a snarky little witch. "I know you didn't mean to take your anger out on me" = "I was simply asking you and 50 other people a question, you psycho b*tch. I don't actually give two sh*ts about your life" and "I hope you can find peace soon" = "Calm the f*** down."
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