This whole job search thing is terrible. Apparently someone forgot to tell me back in 2nd year that I should really look hard for unpaid summer internships. 'Cause guess what? You can't have 'em once you graduate!
Seriously. I'm pretty much unemployable because of my degree. If I wasn't finished, ie: still a student, I could have all the jobs. Or at least one of the many jobs I have wanted to apply for, locally and elsewhere. The problem? As a graduate, I don't qualify for the federal youth employment program thing. Not unless I can prove enrolment in full time studies for the fall. Which I can't, 'cause, y'know, I've graduated. I have a degree. In the field I want to apply to work in. But can't. Because I'm not a student. And here we are back at square one.
I hate this.
Don't get me wrong, I am happy to be employed, am content working at the Gap, and enjoy the freedoms and challenges that my position affords. I am simply frustrated that I can't improve the quality of my grad school applications through job experience. Maybe I'm just impatient, maybe I'm being too particular in my endeavours.
But something at least remotely relevant to my choice of career path would be nice, y'know? Lesighe.
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I completely understand!
ReplyDeleteWhen I first started looking for jobs as I prepared to get my Bachelores in textile Chemistry, allI was finding was Chemistry jobs. I actually received a job offer from one company, who picked me over my Chemistry Major friend (awkward...).
Thankfully, out of the blue thanks to an intership (yikes, it does look like those are useful things - I got that one through a scholarship I applied for), I scored an interview with an actual Textile Company.
Of course even with that experience, I couldn't find a Textile realted job (would have loved to work with Johnson & Johnson) out in California. So I landed in Bio-tech (I'm horrible at Biology, but I got the chemistry andanalytical skills covered).
So the moral of my stroy - chin up, keep looking and applying yourself and somehow thigns may just work out. I certainly hope they do. :}
Yeah, I took travel over interning, which is a decision I'm just starting to regret. I was under the impression that the way things worked was Job > School > Better Job, but it's turned out to be a lot more complex.
DeleteI know that first things first I need to move, which I'm reluctant to. I've signed a lease here until the end of the summer, so I'm stuck looking at job boards day in and out until August. Huzzah.
Not gonna give any details, but hopefully I'll have some better news after tomorrow. Fingers crosseddddddd.
*Also crosses fingers for you* Good Luck!
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