You Have a Degree Now, Why Are You Still Working Retail?
Prior to COVID-19, we soon-to-be graduates heard the increasingly frequent question, so what are your plans for after graduation? Where are you going to be working? We likely didn't have an answer then, and we still don't have one now. After COVID-19 struck, we saw a major decrease in the "So what are your plans?" question. Instead we heard "What are you going to do now?" Over the course of the summer, my answers seemed to change on a weekly basis. I had job prospects, I had motivation, and a positive outlook. Well, I still have those, but in a different way. To many people, it was a surprise, I turned down a job offer from a marketing company in the current economy and job market. Yes, me, a young marketing professional looking to start their career off, turned down a marketing job opportunity. And what am I doing instead? I am keeping my job in retail at DSW Inc. "But Taylor, it's a retail job, that isn't going to get you anywhere in marketi...
