So, it's late, and it's Monday night. Well, Tuesday morning to be precise. I've been up all night applying to jobs (I also played some video games, but I would say I was mostly job hunting). I feel like my search has been going alright, but tonight I made some major improvements. Overall, I've been applying pretty steadily, but never have I applied to so many promising opportunities all at once.
Tonight I applied for: two positions at the J.W. Marriott in Downtown Chicago (Banquet Aide and Banquet Server), two positions at a Hyatt located downtown (Administrative Assistant in Human Resources and Bellperson), a job at Whole Foods downtown (Customer Service Representative), an opening at Living Social (Event Coordinator), a position at Hilton downtown (Bellperson) and a position with Appreciation Events (Entry Level Corporate Event Coordinator).
That kind of gives you the very broad range of the kind of position I'm looking for: all very hospitality related, but pretty diverse within themselves. They also vary in that some are part-time and some are full-time, as, currently, I'll take whatever I can get. The jobs I'm most looking forward to hearing back from are anything to do with events or banquets or meetings. I've been a bellman before, and while it wasn't the worst thing in the world, I'd prefer to try my hand at something else. At the same time though, I'll take whatever will get my foot in the door at a nice hotel. (See how I used both hand and foot in those two sentences?) I plan on applying this diligently tomorrow during the day, but tomorrow night is trivia night, and that's very important!
For the past two weeks my friends and I have been going to a restaurant and bar called State (http://www.state-chicago.com) on Tuesday nights and we play a really fun game of trivia where everyone in the restaurant competes. Whenever questions are being asked, everyone's cell phones have to be in a basket in the middle of the table, so they're pretty strict on cheating and all that. So far we haven't won, but we've done pretty well and definitely had fun. We've also learned some random facts like: in the State of Illinois, a purple line painted on a tree means "no trespassing", the digital camera term SLR means "single lens reflex", the Nintendo Wii came out in 2006, Back to the Future was released in 1985, and the slogan "Save Money. Live Better" is that of Walmart's (I was the one who knew that one and I think it's because I'm from Texas. There aren't many Walmart's up here...). The grand prize is $800 every Tuesday, so I'll let you know if I win it and how much I'll be giving to each person who reads my blog.
So anyway, I'm definitely hoping to hear back from one of these companies in the next week or so. If, by the end of this week, I don't hear from any of them, I'm going to pack up, buy a plane ticket and move back home. Just kidding. But seriously, let's hope this works.
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