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IT’S MY LIFE
One Of The Greatest Days Ever
Even the angels sang just for me
When I entered the Woodruff Arts Center that morning, stepped into an empty elevator, and pressed 3, my heart danced in anticipation. It was my first day at The Alliance Theater Company.
After three desperate rounds of interviews along with twenty-plus candidates, and a mock assignment to showcase our abilities (or non-abilities), I was hired as their new in-house graphic designer.
The salary was non-profit-slim. I had not earned so little since my first job in advertising almost twenty years earlier.
But after the horror of 3 days working part-time at The Gap, a short stint at H&R Block, and finally, cold-call telemarketing? Reading from a prepared script and getting cursed out and hung up on at least twice daily?
They could have gotten away with paying me even less.
Several months earlier, before finally joining the temp agency and being assigned to the telemarketing firm, I was on the brink of going under. I’d moved to Atlanta the year before and my savings were all but gone. Even after several interviews, I still couldn’t find a position as a creative.
Why? I didn’t have the computer experience suddenly required by advertising agencies…
