𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝟏𝟓 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.🖊🧾
𝐌𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 (𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝) 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞-𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 (𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫) 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭.
Somehow I managed to figure out:
🤔 How do I structure myself and prioritize when I have several projects lined up at the same time?
😍 The youth page "K!arText" is my playground - what do I want to write about next?
🤯 Listen, ask, put it on paper: How can I improve my interviewing and writing skills?
I was fully immersed in this challenge, from junior to regional journalist, always free-lancing.
Like most people, at the age of 15
𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧.
Soon, it became clear:
𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝
...when my interviewees proudly told me about a special project/ hobby/ talent/ ... and made it into the daily newspaper for the first time
...when I felt appreciated, respected and got lots of helpful feedback.
...when I was able to broaden my horizons with every new article.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞:
😊 I work with colleagues and teams who share where there's room for improvement. First of all, I listen.
😊 The culture ambassador network of our business unit consists of colleagues from a wide variety of functions, regions, generations and hierarchies. Where do you get to hear more new perspectives than here?
😊 Appreciation, respect and feedback are among the partly official and partly unofficial but nevertheless practiced values within the community and in my team.
The (very long) list could go on, I promise.
What I want to say is:
𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒔𝒎 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉
- 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒊𝒄.
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘂/ Augsburger Allgemeine for my first years of work experiences.
❓ What was your first job? Is there a skill you learnt that you still use today?
Professor/Director, Sports Media & Communication in the Harrington School at University of Rhode Island
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