Radio Radio Radio Radio Radio Radio....

I'm working on updating my resume today. It's one of those things that they (you know, the grand and all-important "they") say you should always have updated and ready to go at all times. I guess I understand why, now. (Just nod your head and smile with me and everything will be okay)

Thank goodness for Monster.com's ability to make me not lose my mind in the process.

It's honestly been forever since I updated my resume. So long, in fact, that I don't know where the Word document might have gone, and I'm basically starting from scratch and covering about the last six years. I hope that's enough.

What I'm trying to figure out is what to call myself, both now and in the past. I've always half-jokingly called myself the Assistant Everything, since I've been working in radio. That one made-up title pretty much covered everything I did, without individually listing every title I really held at any given moment (PSA director, traffic, entertainment girl, promotions, on-air personality, intern supervisor and whatever else rolled into and out of my realm, over the last six years). Will a future employer "get it," when I put that on my resume, or do I need to give them something more specific? Office Assistant doesn't even come close to covering it.

Now, what do I want to do? What am I aiming for? I know what the ideal would be, and with any luck, that ideal will mean I don't even really have to use this resume that I'm putting together. For fear of jinxing things, I don't want to get too far into it. And as much as I'd love to be hired during the week by someone who understands my school schedule and provides a job that is an extension of what I already do, I don't know how likely that is. My fear is that if the title on my resume says "Entertainment Writer," or similar, I might scare away anyone who might want me for something different. How about "Media and Public Relations"? I hope that's non-offensive and all-encompassing enough.

Nevermind that I do have skills in accounting/bookkeeping (I almost became a Business major... then I re-gained my sanity) and general office work. Just because I don't want to be an accountant when I grow up (hah), doesn't mean I can't pay my rent with it until I graduate. But how to get that across?

Thank goodness I have a slough of references who are willing to go to bat for me. In a town this size, I think it's all about folks knowing that I have a good work ethic, and understanding that school has to be a priority for me, right now. I never thought I would be in a position like this. It's equally scary and liberating.

Things have been much worse in the past, and I'm preferring to see the bright side, this time around. Now, I wonder what the bright side will bring.