As a recent college graduate who is struggling to figure out this post-grad business, I find job hunting extremely daunting and utterly exhausting. Looking for jobs sucks. Applying for jobs sucks more. And checking your application status only to find the words "No Further Consideration" posted underneath the status tab with no more explanation is enough to want me to quit looking for jobs, start looking for grad schools, and spend even more money I don't have on a degree that may or may not benefit me in the future. Where does it all end?!?!
Let's back up a second. Part of this is my fault. If only I could have been one of those people who knew she wanted to be a doctor/lawyer/actor/etc. from birth, I would be a step ahead of the game. I would have gone to a college that specialized in that particular field, achieved a degree that would benefit my career, and be searching specifically for those jobs only in places where they exist. Instead, I took the other path. You know...the one where you change your major four times, spend five and a half years working toward a degree only to find out that you really don't want to be a teacher after all. Huh. Now what?
Option 1: Pursue another life goal of moving out of state, unemployed, and hope to hell that I find something to keep me afloat until a "big girl" job comes along.
Option 2: Move back in with my parents, look for some mindless part-time job, save money, and basically lose my mind.
Option 3: Stay in the town I went to college in, keep my part-time job, find a cheap place to live, and continue to spend my free time looking for any job that I might be remotely qualified for.
Do any of these sound appealing? Well, option one sounds grand if only I could guarantee that I wouldn't end up homeless and broke with no way to dig myself out. Man, I miss the days of ignorance (and a steady economy) where I thought that just having a college degree would be enough to score me a sweet job with a cushy salary.
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