I am getting so bad about staying up-to-date with writing on here, especially compared to when I was at school. (Current undergraduates, let this be a lesson - the real world sucks up ever-so-much more of your life than class/homework. Enjoy it while you can!).
So, I guess here is the quick version to bring up everyone (anyone?) who still reads up to speed - after my New York trip I had an extremely stressful 24-hour period where I had to decide between two competing internship offers - both were great and interesting, but I ultimately decided that Chicago is where I want to be at this point (especially since, living on my intern wages, I have the opportunity to live at home and commute (and an epic commute by foot, car, bus and train - ick)).
I am now a Corporate Affairs intern with Weber Shandwick! It's a public relations company located in the Northwestern Hospital building on St. Clair, right off of Michigan and Erie. Aside from the fact that I often ride the elevator with infectious disease doctors (should I worry about the state of my health? Nah, one of my friends is in med school), it's an incredible location. I can wander around just about anywhere during lunch - Museum of Contemporary Art, Tiffany's, Water Tower Place, Ghiradelli's...I'm also working on an account that is unique from anything I worked on at Dig. I do grassroots outreach (in my two markets - Philly and Detroit) to financial institutions, community-based organizations, local government agencies and not-for-profits on behalf of my client, the U.S. Treasury. I also do a daily media monitoring report for this account...so my wealth of obscure knowledge is shifting from biofuels to anything and everything related to social security. Hit me up if you ever want to talk about cost-of-living-increases, SSI-payments or receiving your federal benefits via direct deposit.
The company itself is also a lot of fun - we had a company-wide happy hour in the boardroom at 4:30 on Friday after an afternoon break of candy-apply making/eating. Need I say more?
That's the short version on my life. I'll try to start writing again regularly, so...more later!
So, I guess here is the quick version to bring up everyone (anyone?) who still reads up to speed - after my New York trip I had an extremely stressful 24-hour period where I had to decide between two competing internship offers - both were great and interesting, but I ultimately decided that Chicago is where I want to be at this point (especially since, living on my intern wages, I have the opportunity to live at home and commute (and an epic commute by foot, car, bus and train - ick)).
I am now a Corporate Affairs intern with Weber Shandwick! It's a public relations company located in the Northwestern Hospital building on St. Clair, right off of Michigan and Erie. Aside from the fact that I often ride the elevator with infectious disease doctors (should I worry about the state of my health? Nah, one of my friends is in med school), it's an incredible location. I can wander around just about anywhere during lunch - Museum of Contemporary Art, Tiffany's, Water Tower Place, Ghiradelli's...I'm also working on an account that is unique from anything I worked on at Dig. I do grassroots outreach (in my two markets - Philly and Detroit) to financial institutions, community-based organizations, local government agencies and not-for-profits on behalf of my client, the U.S. Treasury. I also do a daily media monitoring report for this account...so my wealth of obscure knowledge is shifting from biofuels to anything and everything related to social security. Hit me up if you ever want to talk about cost-of-living-increases, SSI-payments or receiving your federal benefits via direct deposit.
The company itself is also a lot of fun - we had a company-wide happy hour in the boardroom at 4:30 on Friday after an afternoon break of candy-apply making/eating. Need I say more?
That's the short version on my life. I'll try to start writing again regularly, so...more later!
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