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I just recently started working at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as the Communications Specialist for the Alumni Relations office. So, basically I am the one who updates our FB and Twitter pages, helps alumni sign up on our website, answer the phones, register alumni at events, and I'm also the office manager and I supervise the 2 student assistants that work in our office.

For those of you following my many job searches, I have finally found something I like doing.

I earn a decent salary (mid-30s) and though I'm technically in a "lower" role, I really feel like part of the team. I too would like to work in the higher administration of a university some day as I love the academic environment. My boss, the executive director of alumni relations, was once the secretary in this office and has moved up in her 6 years here to her current position. So, I know it can be done! As much as I love Greek Life, it doesn't appear to be a job one stays in for very long. So, instead, I have contacted the Greek Affairs director here, who is my age, and have just tried to befriend her and keep up to date on the Greek happenings here so I can feel like I'm still in the loop, lol. My job keeps me dealing with people, which is something I love, and allows me to work at a university, which I also love.

My advice would be to look at the individual universities websites job postings and apply that way. I found my job at 2 in the morning, looking randomly at area schools and decided to apply on a whim. After 3 in-person interviews, and 1 phone interview I was hired! Yay me!