I'd like to begin by stating that there's a difference between applying to jobs when you have the experience to back it up and applying somewhere when there's literally nothing going for you in getting the job.

What I am referring to in this scenario is the second option. A couple months ago, my chatty journalism professor began talking about the importance of self-confidence when applying to new jobs and how, if you play your cards right, many seemingly out of reach jobs are actually attainable.

In the case of emailing someone for a possible position or interview, he told us to make the subject something crazy or completely ego-inflated - something that will set you apart from anyone else. At first, I thought it was a little weird to have a completely off-topic or cocky intro as the subject for a professional job, but he proved to be right when I actually tried it out.

I currently am the producer for my college radio show, and when I managed to snag an interview, I was told that the subject I put "hire me and you won't be sorry" was actually kind of funny. What I chose to do is a pretty tame subject header, but it was still a little weird to act more demanding or confident than strictly plain with any other typical subject for a job inquiry. It's all about getting the other side interested in you, and that can play a lot to your advantage in any scenario.

Think about applying to a job the same way you would think about dating. You are highly interested in someone else and want that person to like you back, but you basically have to present yourself in a way that will capture their eye.

If you seem like an average, everyday kind of person, then the chances of that individual liking you are pretty slim. That's the way employers see it too. Employers mostly want people who stick out, who can make a case for themselves and sell the interviewer on them. Once the interest is gained, all you have to do is keep it going through actions, but the hard part has been knocked out already at least.

Currently, it is so difficult to find a job that does not require years of experience, but there are always exceptions to be made if you can prove yourself to be valuable. People have to start somewhere, so even if the job you are applying for says 3-5 years of experience and you're just a graduate with none of that, who cares?! Go for it. As they say in the current show I'm bingeing, "Suits," sometimes you just have to "sling mud against the wall to see what sticks."

I am by no means a job expert, but I have had an array of jobs, all of which I obtained not necessarily from experience, but from being able to present myself as a person who is worth learning how to perform the tasks at hand.

I don't consider myself as someone who boasts and brags about what I have or do because I don't; however, if there is ever a time to act as such, it is when applying for a position I want. So let's go ahead and follow my professor's logic and just apply to every and anything you think you might like to do (within reason, of course) because you never know what that outcome might be.