We Need You Here<\/p>\n
The large & well-lit room with the \u201cCareer Center\u201d sign feels very welcoming. A nice lady at the Registration desk looks friendly & smiles: \u201cDo you have an appointment?\u201d I answer: \u201cYes,\u201d and notice how my voice shakes, or so it seems. I am nervous. Clutching a folder with my newly created resume, I am waiting on my counselor to invite me to her desk. \u201cWho is my counselor?\u201d – I wonder.<\/p>\n
Some students work on their resumes at the appointed computer stations while others sit in their counselors\u2019 cubicles, talking & listening, making notes. I am awkwardly stepping from one foot to another, still waiting; it seems like a long time, but in reality, just several minutes. My anxiousness makes time feel slower than it actually is. Here she comes.<\/p>\n
She is dressed with style: I notice it right away because, in America, it is very rare. Her haircut looks sharp; she wears some beautiful statement jewelry, and she smiles too. Her eyes sparkle: \u201cCome on in!\u201d She invites me to her desk and asks me some questions. I can tell that she is a very experienced & well-seasoned professional. She takes a look at my resume. Her eyes widen with surprise and right away lit up with an idea!<\/p>\n
She says: \u201cWe need you here, in our department! Come tomorrow & I\u2019ll arrange for you a meeting with our supervisor! I am sure she will gladly hire you!\u201d I cannot believe what I just heard. All of us, international students, were encouraged to go to the Career Center & warned that the jobs on campus are usually scarce, but we should keep trying. Nevertheless, I have just found my first job in America on the spot & made an excellent American friend for years to come.<\/p>\n
PS. In the photo, I am holding my first American paycheck, my shining eyes reflecting: \u00abI am needed here indeed!\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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