{"id":2248,"date":"2016-04-01T11:45:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T15:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=2248"},"modified":"2016-03-31T14:24:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T18:24:19","slug":"christy-opportunities-arise-when-you-least-expect-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2016\/04\/01\/christy-opportunities-arise-when-you-least-expect-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Christy: Opportunities arise when you least expect it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every\u00a0<\/span>Monday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0at\u00a0<\/span>11 a.m.<\/span><\/span>, I give my weekly tour of the College of Communication. We have all experienced a rough\u00a0<\/span>Monday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0morning following a fun, but hectic, weekend packed with friends, homework and extracurriculars \u2014 this past\u00a0<\/span>Monday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0was that\u00a0<\/span>Monday<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I woke up later than I wanted to, and walked in the pouring rain from my apartment in West Campus to COM. With the trajectory of the morning so far, I anticipated that I would have make the rainy trek to COM to find out that no one showed up to tour COM. Thankfully that was not the case and I pushed aside my\u00a0<\/span>Monday<\/span><\/span>-morning struggles and give a tour of my favorite school.<\/span><\/p>\n

My fellow COM Ambassador Tyler and I gave a great tour to three prospective students and their parents. At the conclusion of the tour, a mother of a prospective student approached me and asked if I had a summer internship yet. Thinking she asked to gage what kind of internships COM students interview for and are offered, I told her a few of my possible summer plans and upcoming interviews. Little did I know she was the director of communications for a large company in New York City. She handed me her card and said if I was interested, email her my resume and she would forward it directly to several contacts in the city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She told me she was very impressed with COM, me and the tour Tyler and I gave. I was so taken aback by her kindness and was not expecting that kind of response. Suddenly, my dreary day took a major turn for the better.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I know that the education I receive at COM will prepare me for whatever waits for me after graduation. But, little did I know that the physical COM building would provide me with internship opportunities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday<\/span><\/span>, I learned that not only do opportunities come when you least expect it, but having a positive outlook on each new aspect of your day can work wonders. If I let my rough\u00a0<\/span>Monday<\/span><\/span>morning define my attitude during my tour, and potentially the rest of my day, this mother may not have given me her card.<\/span><\/p>\n

So who knows, maybe flashing a smile to or crossing paths with the right person can open a brand new door of opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every\u00a0Monday\u00a0at\u00a011 a.m., I give my weekly tour of the College of Communication. We have all experienced a rough\u00a0Monday\u00a0morning following a fun, but hectic, weekend packed with friends, homework and extracurriculars \u2014 this past\u00a0Monday\u00a0was that\u00a0Monday.\u00a0 I woke up later than I wanted to, and walked in the pouring rain from my apartment in West Campus to … Continue reading Christy: Opportunities arise when you least expect it<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44411],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2249,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248\/revisions\/2249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}