The 2010 Eat Out Awards Ceremony at Le Poisson Rouge

At Time Out we've been preparing for the Eat Out Awards for quite some time! Last week myself, another intern, and my supervisor, Brooke, went on a walk through at the venue, Le Poisson Rouge.

As someone interested in event planning, I love going to walk throughs and watching people work, listening to them talk. It takes great communication and people skills to plan events...you work with so many people and you have the chance to make everyone you're working with happy, and that's what I love about it. I also love the aspect of collaboration that goes on when you get to work with creative people.

Finally, the big night! I was working the day of the event so I got to be there helping from start to finish! We arrived at 2pm (doors didn't open until 6!) to start setting up the venue. We had the semi daunting task of fitting enough chairs and tables for everyone to sit AND move around. I got a great work out lifting chairs over my head! Myself and another Marketing Intern took charge of the Guest List and welcomed the guests. It was a great turnout, and the guests really had a great time. There was free Stella and wine, so who wouldn't have an awesome time!?

I was able to talk to a lot of the other interns about the current job market and how tough it's been. There are a lot of interns in the marketing department, mostly PR or Marketing & Events, and within the group there's a wide variety of situations. Some interns have been out of school for almost a year, and some are in college, one in high school! I also spoke with another co-worker about his story, how he got where he is. From that conversation I took the fact that it's time to start applying for jobs that aren't appealing as I'd like them to be, because just getting a foot in the door anywhere, can lead to something great!