As an underemployed (I think) writer, I decided to finally get off my duff and network some more. Maybe I will get a couple interviews out of it. Anyway, I've joined LinkedIn (probably two years too late) and I'm starting to reconnect with school buddies and making some professional contacts in the writing fields.
Additionally, I'm sending out resumes to not only newspapers, but PR firms and any other sort of agency that is in need of writers or editors. I got an e-mail the other day from a recruiter about advertising copy editing jobs, so there's another avenue for me.
This all sounds like I'm about to give Patch my two weeks notice, but that's not true. I have been informed that eventually an editorship will open up for me, and the window for that seems to be opening in the "second half of this year," which hopefully means "once I get back from Barbados." I do feel bad scouring other opportunities while on the Patch payroll, but I want to keep as many avenues open to me as possible. If/when I get the editorship and am working regularly, I'll probably feel a lot better about myself and be content that my talent is being utilized to its utmost.
With that being said, if anyone has any other advice on how I can increase my visibility and interwebs footprint (so I can become writing's 'most eligible bachelor' of sorts), please let me know. There may be kickbacks of any future salary I earn involved.
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