{"id":965,"date":"2023-03-01T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agencemiddle.com\/?p=965"},"modified":"2024-10-16T16:47:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T20:47:14","slug":"my-journey-to-middle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agencemiddle.com\/en\/my-journey-to-middle\/","title":{"rendered":"My journey to Middle"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<section class=\"text-body-a section-block\" data-scroll-section>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-1 sharer-dropdown\" data-sticky=\"top\" data-sticky-breakpoint-disable=\"sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"button-sharer\" data-share-tooltip-wrapper>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"button button-icon button-primary button-share\" data-animation=\"buttons\" data-trigger-share-tooltip aria-label=\"Share this article\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon icon-share\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"button-mask\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"mask-label\" data-label><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"sharer\" data-share-tooltip-menu data-share-snippet>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"facebook sharer-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button button-icon button-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fagencemiddle.com%2Fen%2Fmy-journey-to-middle%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-share-item><i class=\"icon icon-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"linkedin sharer-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button button-icon button-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fagencemiddle.com%2Fen%2Fmy-journey-to-middle%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-share-item><i class=\"icon icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-8 offset-md-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My name is P\u00e9n\u00e9lope, and I\u2019m Middle\u2019s newest social media manager. As I\u2019ve been here for a month (already!), it is time for me to introduce myself.<\/p>\n<h2>Parents decide but the ambition is elsewhere<\/h2>\n<p>I come from far, far away, and it is not ironic. I am from Tahiti, in French Polynesia and moved to Montreal in 2017. Since the end of high school, I wanted to be a film student, but my parents did not agree. They wanted me to become an engineer, so I did a bachelor\u2019s degree in chemistry at UQAM, and I graduated in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>From the second year, I was trying to convince myself I would be a lab rat, but I felt I could not for the rest of my life. Waiting on a stool, for 4 hours, for false results to appear and having to redo it and wait\u2026 It was not the job I dreamed of. Once I graduated, my parents let me choose what I wanted to study: so I sent my application to a film school.<\/p>\n<h2>The dream falls apart but new opportunities arise<\/h2>\n<p>You would guess that if I am not giving a speech about one of my next films, it means my journey in cinema was not a successful one. It actually never started. My application was rejected, which caused me many tears.<\/p>\n<p>My second choice was a certificate in communication. I told myself that I could discover the field in a more general way without definitely closing doors to cinema. I loved the program: communication is the field that suits me. So I decided to continue with certificates in Communications and I am now in my last semester.<\/p>\n<h2>Eager to enter the job market<\/h2>\n<p>After my second certificate and 5 years of studies, I was ready and excited to work in communication, moving from theory to practice.<\/p>\n<p>I was so excited that I did not wait until the summer of 2022 to find an internship. I did my first internship in a talent management agency, but I wanted something closer to communication. However, my applications kept being rejected because of my lack of experience in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Disappointed but determined, I played my last card to find something for the next semester with spontaneous applications.<\/p>\n<h2>Middle trusted me!<\/h2>\n<p>After being ghosted several times, many refusals, an emotional roller coaster and false hopes from many communication agencies, I started to doubt my legitimacy in this field and tell myself my parents were probably right to see me as an engineer.<\/p>\n<p>One day, I got an email from Joanie at Agence Middle, a digital marketing agency with a unicorn as a logo. She asked me to do a test. I did it, but because of my lack of confidence in my writing skills, I did not expect to be selected.<\/p>\n<p>But I did! And I got an appointment for an interview in person. When I arrived in the office, a cute dog jumped on me, I saw girls with slippers laughing. The interview went very well and the girls reassured me that my lack of experience was not a problem. After 72 hours, the verdict is in, I am hired! I was very happy and relieved that an agency finally trusted me! And here I am today at Middle, writing this blog post.<\/p>\n<p>Middle allowed me to get a foot in the job market and learn more about marketing. 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