Hello. This isn't because I'm vain, it's to help put a face 
to a name (oh, and now I appear to be a poet!)

It's been 7 hours and fifteen days... well, it's actually been sliiiightly longer but that was the best opening sentence I could come up with. It's around a year since I graduated with a 2:1 in Journalism, and what have I been doing since then? Well, I've done internships on beauty desks of national magazines, including freelance work at Cosmopolitan (incredible opportunity, incredible people), I've successfully kept a blog, I've written a column for a lifestyle magazine, contributed articles to various websites as well as applying for, what seems like, a thousand and one jobs... yet here I am, still working at McDonald's and still getting undermined by customers. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, so this is my new, proactive approach to the situation.

I'm finding it seemingly impossible to find a full time job doing something that I love, something that I spent 3 years and £20,000+ doing. I mean, who gets into that much debt just to serve burgers for the rest of their life? Not me, that's for sure. With my degree in Journalism I'd ideally like something writing based, I like to think that's the one thing I'm pretty good at, you know? A role as a Junior Copywriter, an Editorial Assistant, a Social Media Assistant, a blog writer... any sort of media based, entry level job is fine by me.

The majority of my work experience is within national glossies and on beauty desks, but that doesn't mean my options or my skills are limited; I'm definitely not an idiot and I'll try my hand at most things. I'm a quick learner who is more than willing to, well, learn. I can pretty much navigate my way around a Content Management System, I sort of understand SEO and PPC, but I'm certainly up for learning even more about them. I work hard, I'm punctual, reliable and I'm willing to relocate to just about anywhere in the UK or even abroad if needs be. I'm up for a challenge, I enjoy working both alone and as part of a team and I have initiative. I also like to think I'm quite funny, I'm pretty good at making tea and coffee (if I do say so myself) and I'm a dab hand at pouring wine, but my gin to tonic ratio could probably do with a little bit of work.

At the minute I'm falling into that category of one of those graduates that are in the news about once a week; I'm one of those statistics that can't find a job. I don't want to be stuck in a dead end job, in a dead end town (sorry, Grimsby, but it's true) doing nothing with my life. I want a career, a cosy little flat, expensive handbags and some independence. In the grand scheme of things, that's not much to ask, is it?

This is where I'm hoping the power of social media can help; I've witnessed it happen to others, now I'd like it to happen for me. So, can we work together and help find Lucy me a job?