Find me on TUMBLR!

Not that blogger wasn't great and all but I tried out tumblr and I'm really loving it. Find me:

http://curiouschantal.tumblr.com/

I Feel Like Spiderman

I'm living a double life. I have two twitter accounts and two blogs! Fraud?

It began as just a part of an application process to grad school but I soon found out how much I truly enjoyed posting. I only wish I had more time on my hands so that I could do it more often.

When I was applying to Miami Ad School for the copywriting program, one of the assignments was to create a twitter account for a brand and to have at least 20 posts. 20 posts soon turned into 100 posts, a Facebook account and a blog and although I am no longer applying to Miami Ad School, I'm still posting. I began the account for one of my favorite clothing brands Ann Taylor Loft. I am (drum roll) LoftDoll. I use to be a manager at LOFT and although I left, I never stopped loving the clothes and what the company stands for.

I write as LoftDoll, an avid fan, who promotes the brand by letting other fans know about the latest promotions and I also give some tid bits I learned from my time working there. My friends and family know me as the local fashionista and while I don't go crazy and wear every look from the runway, I do play with accessories, bold prints and new styles that not everyone may be daring enough to wear.

I have close to 90 followers now and while adding to the bunch may take time, I'm having fun just writing and thinking of new ways to introduce LoftDoll and "her" thoughts to others.

So follow me @LoftDoll and check out LoftDoll's blog at: http://loftdoll.tumblr.com/

Post-Graduation

Seems like the second I put my cap and gown on and turned the tassel from right to left I’ve been asked the same question over and over again. “So, what’s next?”  I graduated on Monday morning and I would jokingly respond, “Usually Tuesday,” or “Lunch.”

I’m the kind of person that always has a plan, a back-up plan and the back-up plan for the back-up plan. Yes, I have a plan A, B, C, D and E.  So while I was able to answer the question well, I can’t help but think of the recent grads that have to respond, “I don’t know.”

It’s an awful question to ask really because a person can either respond in a way that will make it sound like they have everything under control or they will sound like they’re completely lost.

With the job market the way it is, most grads have to respond that they are looking for a job and everyone wishes them luck knowing the hard road ahead. My Facebook  newsfeed has become a forum for recent grads to complain about not being able to find a job. One that I found amusing was a status update reading, “Searching for jobs because they ain’t searching for me.” While humorous, a recent grad commented on his status, “Same here, you’d think a master’s degree would help but it doesn’t.”  That person did what many are doing which is to go to graduate school in hopes of  having more job opportunities with a higher degree or “waiting it out” until the job market improves.

According to USA Today, in 2010 only 44% of employers planned to hire recent college grads. It faces a decline every year so I’m sure that number is even lower now for 2011.  It is what it is so Class of 2011, let’s go out there and hunt for our dream job, or something like it.