Author: Olivia

( I do not want to debate COVID politics ) but I am tired of knowing too damn much about my employers and their views on politics and culture. I don't want to work for a company that takes selfies at the truck convoy, and complains when they see me wearing a mask. I shouldn't have to explain my or my family's medical issues for them to not look down on me for wearing a mask. If they carry these views as Christian conservatives, what else about me would they hate? I want to be seen for the work I do and not that political views I don't agree with.

I have been job searching hard for about 4 months straight and haven’t found anything. 2-3 applications per day. I’m a recent communications graduate and I’m feeling incredibly burned out and hopeless at this point. I’m doing everything right. I’m qualified for these positions. Yet none of my work is paying off at all. I would have been better off taking crappy pay freelance work the past 4 months instead of wasting all of my time on custom cover letters and tweaking my application for each job. It’s gotten me nowhere. It’s obvious that these companies are not hurting for applicants. At this point I feel like I’m almost better off starting some kind of business from scratch than hoping to get hired by someone else. It’s useless at this point. And now I’m “overqualified” for most administrative positions, I’m even getting turned down for receptionist jobs because they probably…