It's already the second week in March of 2010 and I have yet to find a full-time job. It has been 10 months since I graduated. 10 months, close to 150 jobs applied to, one face-to-face interview (which lead to one MAJOR disappointment) and 2 weeks of freelancing. Where does that leave me? Still unemployed. Still living at home in Rhode Island. Still spending hours on end applying to every job I could possibly be qualified for in the communications field, until my eyes start crossing from staring at the computer screen for such a long time.
If I was asked a year ago where I thought my life would be 10 months post graduation, I would have said, "living in my studio apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, writing for one of the top-named magazines during the day, while staying up to all hours of the night creating the lives of fictional characters in my romantic literary masterpiece-to-be." Never did I imagine I would still be out of a job.
Rejection is of course, the worst part of the job search. Because I have not received much positive feedback, or any feedback for that matter, it is hard not to take it personally. I am constantly updating both my resume and cover letter, but what else can I do to make employers see that I am the one they should hire? I know that once I get into an interview situation, I can win them over with my personality and skills. The hardest part is getting the opportunity to do so.
People keep saying, "Oh don't worry, you will land something soon." Yes, I know I will get a job, but the question at stake here is WHEN? I'm not worried about never getting a job, I'm worried about not having a job right now. In ten years or so, I will be taking over Fraser Communications Group, the company my father recently started, so the long-term future is covered. It's just these next few years that I need to fill with a position. I am ready for that next chapter in life so I can look forward to what's to come. However, the future is approaching at a rapid speed and I am stuck in the slow-motion of the present.
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