for those of you who did not went to any ivy league school or something like that, how do you landed your first job? THNKS

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If this is a joke; save it for a burner Twitter handle. If not, Godspeed

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not a joke, thanks

By having perfect written English.

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touché 🤝

I applied to more than 100 jobs and from that had maybe 15 interviews before I got my first role out of graduate school. Don’t give up and know your worth.

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thanks for sharing your experience and perspective. that last sentence says it all.

I got my job by applying to roles on Linkedin... Just apply.

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thanks!

Networking! One of my friends had a friend who needed someone to do some easy work but was too busy to find a good candidate so they didn't even interview me. I was lucky.

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sounds good, thanks for your help

I walked in the front door dropped off application and resume got called and hired the next day. But that was when I first got in to TV networking is how i have gotten my other jobs in Tv

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Face to face. Good plan. Thanks for the feedback!

Networking, apply to news funds, residencies, fellowships who are trying to diversify their talent pool. Check out the Dow Jones News Fund for example.

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Wow! thank you so much!

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