PR Goddess

Dare I say it? It's took early to hope. I haven't even officially applied -- but I did talk to my boss. The director of media relations positon is open at work. And I want it. Bad. I went into my boss's office the other day, a little nervous, but more confident than Ive been in a long time about my job.

I asked if I could talk to him for a minute and closed the door. I told him I didn't want to make him nervous, especially with one of my co-workers leaving in a couple weeks to relocate to another state. I purposely set him up to expect the worst out of me. I told him I wanted to apply for the media relations position.

He seemed surprised, which surprised me. "That's what I did for the past 10 years before comeing here."

And then the lightbulb went off. "Oh yea, I guess that was a large part of your job, wasn't it?"

Uh, yea. So he asked for my five-minute pitch, and I gave it. I thrive on dealing with the media, it was always one of my biggest strengths. I like digging up stories and pitching the stories, finding the right niche, the right connection between the reporter and the story. That I see this position as one that was ready for a shake-up (the current person has been in it for more than 20 years), that it needs to be more pro-active, and oh, by the way, by the very nature of my current position, I have a solid relationship with half the campus.

He gave me his blessing, told me that I would be a strong candidate, and by all means apply. Now the red tape in higher education HR means that nothing will probably happen for several months. It was just posted last week -- I'm guessing they won't do interviews until at least the end of March.

And so my Sunday will be all about writing my cover letter, tailoring it to my current skills, highlighting my national media experience at my previous positions, etc.

The PR Goddess just might live -- and wouldn't it be the perfect situation. A new job, what I really like doing, what I know, instictively, how to do -- but without leaving the security of the workplace.

Coud it really be too good to be true?