Devon Alter

I need a job. I really need a job. I can’t find a job. Now I am calling all favors. If you know someone that is hiring, or know someone who knows someone who knows someone that might be hiring, send them HERE!

My resume has almost all the information anyone will need to hire me. The only other information they need is that I am looking for a PR/Marketing position,  open to a wide variety of cities for relocation and am ready to start NOW. The cities I have been focusing on for my job hunt are Austin, Dallas, Chicago and New York, but I am pretty open to any opportunity. I also speak Spanish. (In fact, I just finished reading the entire Harry Potter series in Spanish!)

So all I ask now is for you to pass this on. Let’s help Devon get hired!

And don’t worry, I have not stopped hunting on my own. But I just figured that this couldn’t hurt!

Thanks everyone!

I absolutely HATED writing and practicing my elevator speech all through college. On the first day of classes, I was never quite sure what to say, plus many times I already knew many of the people in my class. But while I do think it is a little silly sometimes, it definitely is a helpful tool for all job hunters.

Last week I was working at a trade show with my Dad for the family business, and we did our best to let everyone know about my job hunt. I must have spit out my resume in “elevator speech” format a few hundred times that week!!! I had it so rehearsed by the third day that I was almost spacing out while reciting it to people. But, I knew what I was saying and it has helped me on recent interviews.

For those of you who have trouble with it and find the practice uncomfortable, just take a look at your resume. Make a sentence for each bit of experience you have acquired. Keep it short and too the point. There is your elevator speech!