#6 The NYC Fairy Tale

Dear Millennial With Megan Tan

Megan Tan

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

After months of submitting job applications with no luck, I find myself doing something unexpected — traveling to New York City, sitting in front of important people, and asking them for a job.

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0:00.0	Hey folks, before we get started, I just wanted to say that if this is your first time listening to the podcast, I suggest you pause, and start at episode one, because there may be some parts in here that you don't understand. So for the past couple of months this has been my background music. I've been typing, typing up
0:26.6	lots of cover letters including this one. Dear Crock Fellowship Committee I didn't grow up listening to NPR, but now I turn on
0:36.8	NPR before I turn on my coffee maker.
0:40.8	This is for the National Public Radio Crock Fellowship, a fellowship that is extremely competitive,
0:47.0	but would be my get out of jail free card.
0:51.0	If I got this, not only would I be able to go to Washington, D.C. and work alongside
0:56.2	some of the best radio reporters and producers in the country, I would also get $40,000 plus benefits and paid vacation.
1:06.4	My jaw is still open just thinking about it.
1:09.4	And if I want to pursue radio,
1:11.9	this is the dream opportunity. Oh my God I hate this because you
1:17.4	think you're like I hope everything is ready I hope everything is perfect I hope
1:22.1	everything is as good as it can be.
1:24.0	All right, how did you hear about this job?
1:26.0	NPR.org, are you eligible to work in the United States?
1:28.0	Yes.
1:29.0	Have you or will you receive a degree by spring 2015?
1:33.4	Yes.
1:34.4	All right, submitting.
1:38.9	Submit.
1:41.7	Your application was submitted successfully. Thank you for applying.
1:44.3	Woe! All right. Yes. On to the next one.
1:48.7	I'm Megan Tan and you're listening to millennial, a podcast series about what no one really teaches you.
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