Hey guys I've had 5-10 peeps saying that people are only asking for spring interns on Ed2010.... but that doesn't mean you can't e-mail them! E-mail them and ask when they are looking for summer interns. This way, they already know who you are, you have their contact info, and you will be the first to apply when they are looking for summer ones!
Plus, a lot of people don't advertise for summer interns because most of the positions are already filled by the time spring comes around... I PROMISE people are already interviewing, even if they don't say so on Ed2010!
Good Luck!
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
I Am the Devil? Who says that?!
Hey check out this clip from Gawker.com about Larry King Live with Roberta Myers, the EIC of Elle with Posh, next month's cover girl.
Monday, December 3, 2007
The Elle Call Back
On Friday I was running around doing errands and blasting Coldplay. I heard my phone rang, picked it up thinking it would be one of my friends, and it was Kristen, the fashion assistant I had interviewed with at Elle! I was so embarassed because I didn't know who she was when she said "it's Kristen." She went on to inform me that they wanted me to intern this summer... and I had to politely inform them that I had already taken a job!
I was shocked because I thought I would have heard back from her sooner, and I didn't think that she liked me that much when I went to interview! So..
Lesson Learned: Always keep the company's you interview with in your cellphone book so when they call you, you aren't blasting music and therefore look like an idiot. And realize that while you might think an interview went awfully, it probably didn't. The assistants can't show too much interest when they interview you because they a) don't want to give you the wrong idea if they don't hire you and b) want to keep their options open. With that in mind... good luck with interviews over break!
I was shocked because I thought I would have heard back from her sooner, and I didn't think that she liked me that much when I went to interview! So..
Lesson Learned: Always keep the company's you interview with in your cellphone book so when they call you, you aren't blasting music and therefore look like an idiot. And realize that while you might think an interview went awfully, it probably didn't. The assistants can't show too much interest when they interview you because they a) don't want to give you the wrong idea if they don't hire you and b) want to keep their options open. With that in mind... good luck with interviews over break!
While I was sleeping...
I had this crazy dream last night that I was interning at Glamour during my winter break and all of my friends in high school were interning as well and I was thinking,"wait a minute.. how the hell did you get here? And why is the Glamour staff working out of my house?!" And then I looked around and saw all the staffers with really butch haircuts and the cast from StarWars being photographed... strange i know!
Some people have asked me how do you contact the place you want to work? Good luck if you go through the human resource department - it will take you months to talk to the person you want to! Instead, go to EdBoard 2010 (link is to the right) and find the intern job whispers page. When you get there look at all the want ads and the e-mail addresses listed below!
While you may not be able to work for the term they need someone, you can definitely let them know you are interested in a summer job! So ask them when they are hiring for summer, and always attach your resume just in case they want to look right then. Make it easy for them, and keep the e-mail short!
Some people have asked me how do you contact the place you want to work? Good luck if you go through the human resource department - it will take you months to talk to the person you want to! Instead, go to EdBoard 2010 (link is to the right) and find the intern job whispers page. When you get there look at all the want ads and the e-mail addresses listed below!
While you may not be able to work for the term they need someone, you can definitely let them know you are interested in a summer job! So ask them when they are hiring for summer, and always attach your resume just in case they want to look right then. Make it easy for them, and keep the e-mail short!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Almost French
Almost French by Sarah Turnbull304 pages. Gotham Books $13.00
ISBN 1-592-40082-5-5130
Almost French is the grown–up, European version of a Disney princess tale. When I was little I longed to sing like Ariel, be pursued like Snow White, and dress like Sleeping Beauty. I still dream of the same things, just now there’s a grown up twist. I want to kick-ass like Anna Wintour, have my frog of a boyfriend turn into a prince, and be dressed in head-to-toe Chanel. Alas, for me, these are still dreams. For Sarah, they come true.
Sarah is a poor, young, adventurous journalist in Eastern Europe. One night at dinner she decides to take a dashing man up on his offer to come visit him in Paris. When Sarah arrives at Charles De Gaulle airport she immediately panics. What was she thinking, coming to visit a man she barely knows who doesn’t even speak English! Despite some rather amusing cultural misunderstandings, Sarah and Frederic enjoy six weeks exploring Paris and its countryside. After the wonderful summer in France, Sarah decides she must get back to reality and her low-paying job in Romania.
After six months of phone calls and letters, Sarah makes a life-changing decision to leave her job and move in with Frederic. Sarah’s second time in Paris starts off as exciting and thrilling as her first. But after a few months of no work and no friends, Sarah feels lonely. So Frederic helps her sets up an at-home office to find writing gigs and they give up their spacious apartment in Paris’ suburbs to move to the heart of the city. This change of scenery gives Sarah new energy to explore and become a part of the French culture. She takes French classes, finally makes French friends, and even gets the ultimate French status symbol, a dog. More specifically, a West Highland terrier named Maddie.
After seven years trying to blend into the French culture, Sarah still doesn’t feel like she belongs. The words of a wise Greek man she once interviewed ring true: she will always feel “like an Australian in France and a Frenchman in Australia.” In other words, her heart will always be divided between her old way of life in Australia and her new one in France. After accepting this fact, Sarah begins to feel more comfortable in her own skin and finds that this is the key to Parisian acceptance.
This feel-good memoir encourages readers to achieve their own aspirations by describing the way that she realizes her own. The princess of this fairy tale describes the lifelong journey of a woman trying to discover her own identity in a city full of faux pas and facades. Although it has a predictable plotline, there are plenty of amusing anecdotes that make this book an enjoyable, easy read. Almost French gives great insight into the complicated yet rewarding Parisian lifestyle.
yay!
AH so I got the internship I was dying to get! Even though I spent less that 24 hours in NYC, it was packed with so much stuff! I had 3 interviews: Elle at 9am, WWD at 12pm, and Marie Claire at 3pm.... which I didn't make cuz I took the job with WWD!!! WWD stands for Women's Wear Daily, which is what insiders call "the fashion bible". Do I agree? Hell yeah!
WWD is a daily paper that is on the desk of every major fashion editor by 9am. It is one step ahead of what magazines are going to publish a few months later. They talk about the business side of fashion and the upcoming trends. I remember last year at Glamour I had that on Sarah Meikle's desk way before she got into the office because it was the first thing she liked to look at when she arrived.
To say I'm excited would be an understatement. All I know is that this summer may be even better than the last and hopefully, put my foot in the door for a job 6 months later when I graduate!
WWD is a daily paper that is on the desk of every major fashion editor by 9am. It is one step ahead of what magazines are going to publish a few months later. They talk about the business side of fashion and the upcoming trends. I remember last year at Glamour I had that on Sarah Meikle's desk way before she got into the office because it was the first thing she liked to look at when she arrived.
To say I'm excited would be an understatement. All I know is that this summer may be even better than the last and hopefully, put my foot in the door for a job 6 months later when I graduate!
Saturday, November 24, 2007
what's ur story
Ah this weekend burned me out, thanksgiving and birthday. My brain isn't quite working right! So tell me, where have you guys interned? What do you know about the fashion industry? Who have you interned for? Lemme know!
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