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The Day After Tomorrow (Graduation)
Posted by RD
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3:17 AM
The feelings the day I graduated from college is exactly the feelings I got the day I entered it: uncertain, unsure and broke. Actually scratch everyone of those and insert MORE in front of each word (especially the last). One big reason why this might slowly become a problem now is that in college it was assumed to be all three of these things. Now that you graduated, things are just a little different.
I turned 22 this year. I hear people around me start talking about this age as "old" and I started to dismiss it at first but then taking a step back, responsibilities finally pile up and I understand it a little more. When I was 12, I thought 22 was eons away and when I reach that age, I'll at least be working, something that was an interesting idea when I was young. Now that I'm 22, great, I'm also unemployed.
While I feel obliged to change my current situation, I've also reached standstill. The rejections are non stop. To give a perspective, I've probably sent my resume out to at least 100 places if not more. I've had around 40-50 interviews counting first and second round which is a pretty good, but when it came to offers, I came in with a big fat 0. During my last semester, I visited with a career counselor at the business school to see what I'm doing wrong and I swear if I ever hear the words networking and alumni in the same sentence again, I'm going to puke all over myself. If networking was this easy, then why isn't everyone employed? Because there is always an astrix attached and always a catch.
I can't isolate what I'm doing wrong and neither did the counselor, I came out of the meeting understanding what I know already:
1. The economy sucks and Uncle Sam is trying to fix it by shitting on it some more
2. Try monstertrak.com (which I actually did and it's ACTUALLY the biggest scam because lets say I rather buy the lottery ticket )
3. Network...yada yada yada
So through a series of unfortunate events, I'm where I'm today. Trying to find a direction and just trying catch my next break.
I turned 22 this year. I hear people around me start talking about this age as "old" and I started to dismiss it at first but then taking a step back, responsibilities finally pile up and I understand it a little more. When I was 12, I thought 22 was eons away and when I reach that age, I'll at least be working, something that was an interesting idea when I was young. Now that I'm 22, great, I'm also unemployed.
While I feel obliged to change my current situation, I've also reached standstill. The rejections are non stop. To give a perspective, I've probably sent my resume out to at least 100 places if not more. I've had around 40-50 interviews counting first and second round which is a pretty good, but when it came to offers, I came in with a big fat 0. During my last semester, I visited with a career counselor at the business school to see what I'm doing wrong and I swear if I ever hear the words networking and alumni in the same sentence again, I'm going to puke all over myself. If networking was this easy, then why isn't everyone employed? Because there is always an astrix attached and always a catch.
I can't isolate what I'm doing wrong and neither did the counselor, I came out of the meeting understanding what I know already:
1. The economy sucks and Uncle Sam is trying to fix it by shitting on it some more
2. Try monstertrak.com (which I actually did and it's ACTUALLY the biggest scam because lets say I rather buy the lottery ticket )
3. Network...yada yada yada
So through a series of unfortunate events, I'm where I'm today. Trying to find a direction and just trying catch my next break.
