The title of my post says I’m running. Truth? I am not physically running, but my brain is running. It is 1:11 a.m. I am watching The Daily Show on Tivo. My laptop has been in front of me for the past seven hours.
Once again, my inbox was overloaded with resumes when I woke up. It took me several hours to go through the resumes and then another few hours to do work that doesn’t involve sending resumes. My work schedule is a bit upside down. I’m on that bad schedule when I’m working all night and my sleep is off. Sometimes it’s just easier to get the e-mails done at night when the phone isn’t ringing. One of my readers suggested a virtual assistant. I actually think that is a great idea. I did hire an intern who starts next week, so I’ll have a better idea of how I can manage my time once she starts.
My goal right now is simply to raise traffic on my pages and raise the amount of resumes that I get in. The more resumes I get in, the more students I can help. I’ve been receiving some great testimonials from students and internship coordinators whom I have matched up. It is a great feeling to know that I’ve helped these students get the internships they desire.
I just started a partnership with CollegeRecruiter.com and Internweb.com that I’m really excited about. Thanks to Google Analytics, I’ll be able to see how valuable the partnerships are and vice versa. We are hoping to get some great traffic flow going between all of us. Another great partner site of mine is EntertainmentCareers.net. It also has great job opportunities for those heading to Hollywood.
I feel like talking about my day today. So if anyone feels like listening, this is how it went:
12:30 a.m. to 4:30 a.m.–Finish forwarding resumes from previous day, check Google Analytics, etc.
4:30 a.m.–Go to sleep.
10:30 a.m.–Wake up. Go through e-mails. Make sure postings are still up and site is working. Go through new changes on the site.
11:30 a.m.–Conference call with potential partner site.
12 p.m.–Conference call with potential sponsor.
12:30 p.m.–Work out.
1:30 p.m. –Go to IKEA to get furniture for new place. Note: IKEA is overwhelming. Pick out the things/sizes/colors you want online first and then have a plan before you go in. It is like the Disneyland of furniture stores.
3:30 p.m.–Go through e-mails again. Make a few phone calls.
5:00 p.m. –Eat food. Lots of food.
6:15 p.m.–Go to local Coffee Bean to do more work (I like changing locations; I get more done and get refocused.) Go through resumes and e-mails and forward/reply appropriately.
9 p.m.–Coffee Bean closes. Change location to another coffee shop that is open until 11 p.m. Continue going through resumes.
11 p.m.–Second coffee shop closes. Go home and make food.
11:15 p.m. –Continue to send resumes.
12:30 a.m.–Done with resumes. Time to blog. I blog on this site and then I have a new blog called I Am Intern.
1:25AM - Here I am. Blogging to all of you about nothing. lol. I still need to post more internships on my site.
The good news is that my site is getting some super super cool internship listings. Seventeen magazine; Bop magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; At Home; House Beautiful; Winkler Films; ManiaTV and more. They are coming in and they are hot! Visit the website.
All right, that’s enough of the Intern Queen for now. Signing out.
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September 7th, 2008 at 11:09 am
I work best in the early am myself! And for a couple of hours after the kids go to bed it is so quiet and peaceful, I can get so much done.
If you do consider working with a virtual assistant in the future I’d ask you to take a look at my site - I’d love a partnership with someone like you - you seem interesting and vibrant and I’m sure we’d work well together!