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"One of the most frequent questions people ask me is, &amp;amp;quot;How&amp;#x27;d you get such a cool job?&amp;amp;quot; And I know some of you reading this Blog work in the fashion biz, or aspire to (I don&amp;#x27;t blame you!) What do the rest of you do, by the way? Do share in the comments so we can get to know each other!!!Here&amp;#x27;s my best shot at career advice, and I think it goes for ANY industry, not just fashion, but I&amp;#x27;ll let you all be the judge.Intern. Yup. You&amp;#x27;ve heard it a million times. It&amp;#x27;s true. My first internship (at The New Yorker) might not have involved much more than fact-checking the weekly nightlife listings, but it gave me a taste of what it felt like to work in magazines.Your first job doesn&amp;#x27;t matter that much. When I finished grad school with my M.A. in English literature, I really had no clue what direction I was heading in. I thought I wanted to be a professor, and I was sick of babysitting, working retail, and waiting tables for cash. (Anyone else been there, done that?) But when I landed an editorial assistant job at Elle Magazine, decided to give it a go, and within a month I knew I&amp;#x27;d finally found my capital-C, Career.Treat even the smallest tasks (like coffee fetching) with the utmost professionalism. You know the saying, No job is too small. Well, this one is also true. The best assistants put 100% into EVERYTHING, whether it&amp;#x27;s a major editorial project or a teeny errand for their boss. It&amp;#x27;s all about your attitude!Make connections. Go to industry events, put yourself out there, and keep up with things. It pays off and, the best part is, you&amp;#x27;ll have a great time!Take risks. When I got an offer to be the Fashion Features Director at NYLON, a small indie magazine, I&amp;#x27;d been working at Elle four years and was terrified of change. But I accepted the job, and I learned so much from it. Never underestimate a new environment, new co-workers, and new ways of doing things to teach you a few important lessons about what you already think you know.Follow your passion. That&amp;#x27;s what led to me Glamour. It&amp;#x27;s so exciting to be working at a magazine I love to read, which addresses so many of the issues and topics I care about, from real-life style to real-life relationships. If you are inspired by your work, consider yourself lucky. VERY lucky. Do you guys agree?--Jenny"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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