Every morning I wake up, prepare for my day and I check my email. I can say with confidence that most people have some form of the same routine. Like me, the average college student and working professional have several networking sites that they must check daily or multiple times throughout the day, or they will quickly fall behind at work, in class, or worse miss the latest daily scandal. Could you image not checking your email for an entire week?

Electronic communication is so common that it has replaced thank you notes and wedding invitations. Email and social networks are now woven into the fabric of our lives. I know, I know, it sounds cliché but just think, 15 years ago, America On Line (AOL) was still sending free promotional disks in the mail, trying to entice people to log on. Fast forward to today and the average fast food restaurant, and coffee shop such as Starbucks, Krystal’s and Wendy’s offer wireless internet connection.

I remember my very first computer application course in college, a very short ten years ago, when the entire class created email accounts together, and how to compose an email was an item on the syllabus. Today I spend an average (this is a rough estimate of course) of three to four hours online every single day.

My Daily Internet Routine:

Yahoo email address #1 (Business)
Ecats email (School)
Yahoo email address #2 (Personal)
Facebook
Myspace
Twitter
Personal Blog

The moral of the story: I wish there was an application that combined all of the sites, and email accts that I visit and condensed them into one at-a-glace page. Who know maybe I’ll take a software design program course, and be the next Mark Zuckerberg, but until then my daily routine will remain the same. I’m adding LinkedIn.com shortly and I’m sure this wont be the last of my growing list of daily “must check” sites.

As I contemplate graduation, which is only 10 months away, I can’t help but wonder if I’ll be able to find a job post graduation. As a Mass Communication major, concentrating in Public Relations, on campus I can tell any English Major or Pre Med Student specifically how important Public Relations is.

However in an economy that CNN makes look like the last season of Lost, I found myself concerned with how well that translates into Corporate America in this tough job economy. So, as any good student would, I started researching jobs that could withstand the recession, and to my relief PR seems to contiunes to thrive, even in tough times. According to the Time magazine article, “The 150 Best Recession Proof Jobs Overall”, Public Relations Specialist ranked number 19.
I know that it will take more than rank to find a job in this economy, but it does make me feel better knowing that the feild that I chosse will always be needed, and these loan were not in vain.