My name is Jessie Sawyer and I am a recent Bates College graduate with an English major, Spanish minor, and creative writing concentration.Until recently, I was unemployed and had been seeking a job in television/film production/screenwriting, public relations, communications, journalism or publishing.
In my five years as a journalist for The Hartford Courant, the Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network Media Lab, The Bates Student, The Exception Magazine, and The Voice, I have interviewed esteemed individuals such as actor Patrick Dempsey, former members of Dispatch Pete Francis and Braddigan, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Elizabeth Strout, former The Bachelorette contestant Ben Sands, and former Democratic National Committee treasurer Peter Kelly. This year I also did freelance book publicity for Erica Manfred (author of He’s History, You’re Not: Surviving Divorce After Forty), and was a freelance production assistant for Mazzarella Media, assisting with productions, script editing, and auditions.
The Torrington Register Citizen recently hired me as a new staff reporter, covering New Hartford, Barkhamsted, Harwinton, and Litchfield. I am also assisting with the casting and production of a local independent film called American Jubilee, written and directed by Ryan Casey of Nutmeg Television.
My passion is writing, and so came this blog for others like me who are or have been unemployed recent college graduates looking for their big break in this economy to pursue their dream jobs and maintain optimism despite job search woes.
This is a terrific blog and captures what many recent grads and their families are going through.
Thanks for cracking the isolation of the on-line job search.
No problem. Happy to be of service. Glad you’re liking the blog. I figured that a lot of people must be going through the same thing as me in the post-college job search, so I want to help others while I am still figuring it all out for myself. Keep reading and pass the link along to your friends!