How to land your dream job in 3 easy steps...



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Step 1
Decide what it is you love,study long and hard for approximately 15 years (anything less than that will deem you a flaky fence sitter)  and become so obsessed with the idea that everything else in your life fades into insignificance.

Step 2
Prostitute yourself - your skills, your wares, your time and your family (if they have stuck around during the time of obsession that is) - all over the world via FaceBook, Twitter, Google, Blogger, Wordpress, MySpace, YouTube and every other social media site available. Make connections, acquaintances, contacts, followers and friends with anyone who has the remotest connection to your hearts desire.

Step 3
Start applying for professional positions, realise you have nothing more than your FaceBook friends list to back up your claims and then meekly ask the kindest loveliest of these friends if they could possibly act as a referee.  Wait anxiously in front of computer (meanwhile ignoring husband and children's plea for dinner)for said friend to ignore you (this may take several days of pining, but don't worry, you'll eventually get the idea).  When message comes through only a few short minutes later, you realise perhaps you should have more faith in your esteemed colleagues ;)

OK so it's way more than 3 steps...

Step 4
Click on message in trepidation of the big blow off, only to be pleasantly surprised by...

!!!!A JOB OFFER!!!!
(***3 days later realise forgot to submit application for original job but are still so excited, you just don't care!)

Step 5
(yeah yeah, yeah, so sue me, I can't count.)

Dance around kitchen in velour tracksuit and Ugg boots like the fashionista that you are, squealing and giggling while previously mentioned husband and children watch on in bemused amazement.

This is me declaring it from the rooftops

I, Tanya Bell, (yes ME!!!!) have recently been appointed first

 !!!ASSOCIATE EDITOR!!!

at

Literary Mix Tapes,

an imprint under the umbrella of

 eMergent Publishing.