Nothing like a bit of rejection to spur you on..

So finally recieved a reply back to my e-mail from the editor of Cambridge Style Magazine. After writing to her over a week ago, and constantly/impatiently/excitedly checking my email to see if a reply had popped up, something popped up in my inbox about an hour ago.

 But unfortunately it wasn't the positive response I was hoping for. Maybe I was being too optimistic when I thought that a local fashion magazine would be a fool proof option to gaining the invaluable work experience you need to get ahead on my degree. Obviously I'm fairly dissapointed that they "aren't actually taking on any work experience candidates at the moment" but I guess that's just part of the business. 


 Clearly moping around isnt going to make the situation any better so once I'm home; time to get back on the e-mailing and try, try again, after all, no one said work experience was going to be handed to you on a plate, especially in the fickle world of fashion.


 The e-mail response today has made me not only reflect on work experience, but all kinds work in general. It seems to be becoming harder and harder to secure any kind of employment over the last few years.


Since joining university in Southampton way back in September, I've lost track of the amount of cv's and applications I seem to of handed out or filled in to no avail. Is the on-going recession still to blame? Is there a hideous flaw on my cv that I simply haven't noticed, or as yet, no one has had the courage to point out to me? Maybe it's the label of being a "student?" Do we have a stigma attached to us which screams out "lateness, unreliability, generally all around unemployable?"


If someone has the answer and would like to let me know asap, it would be greatly appreciated as the level of student loan continues to spiral downwards towards the dreaded overdraft.