Long story short: I was let go from my previous job as a Staff Assistant back in May last year for poor performance (which I didn't really care about, since I came to hate that job anyway). My goal is to work in politics/government and public advocacy, primarily doing PR/Communications or campaign management. I painstakingly applied to nearly 400 jobs over the course of 10 months via LinkedIn, Indeed, Monster, etc., before landing my current role this March.
It also helped that I labeled two volunteer roles that I worked in as part-time jobs on my resume while I was still job hunting 😌
