How I have heard that line from my dad time and time again. Bless him he does try his best to console me when I get another soul crushing rejection letter/ Email from the 'lovely' people who are in a position to pick and choose and play 'Eany, meany miney mo' with our job application forms.
But it does make one think though. The quote I mean, what has a person got to do to be at the right place at the right time? I can spend three quarters of my life hanging around the cafes, restaurants and bars where high flying editors, media executives frequent. Would that constitute to being at the right place? I wish I had the disposable income to find out, but sadly no. I suppose I have to take comfort in the fact the people I have met while doing endless amounts of work experience have provided me with the knowledge to help in 'breaking' down the solid door that is the Media industry.
Being the media 'junkie' I am, I have.. well signed up on various social networking sites, twitter being one of them. I was trying to find some inspiration to write something and well, low and behold, the media guardian elf's posted this article link http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/mar/26/media-workers-start-unpaid
With the current job market, in any field, in tatters no thanks to the economic slump, I figure the only way to get anybody's attention is to ask to work for nothing. And like the article points out, the 'who you know' attitude is still very much the ace card to be played during any interview. Name dropping; Self: 'Oh didn't I mention I know Piers Morgan?!' Editor: 'oh well welcome to our paper, can you start immediately??'
