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I can’t even get a job

I don't know what to do. I keep applying for jobs everywhere, sometimes I get interviews, ultimately nothing. It's been over a year since I graduated. I majored in something “good”/”useful”. I was involved on campus. I am a hard worker, can learn, flexible to do whatever. I didn't manage to get an internship because the pandemic happened my junior and senior year. I watched so many videos about interviewing, practiced, changed up my resume, all of that. I guess I could have done more and did projects or gotten some certifications. But I feel like getting a “good” degree from a state college should be enough for some normal $50k job in the midwest. And now with these layoffs and this supposed recession that's going to happen I really just don't know what I'll do if I can't get a regular job, I feel like I'm already screwed with…


I don't know what to do. I keep applying for jobs everywhere, sometimes I get interviews, ultimately nothing. It's been over a year since I graduated. I majored in something “good”/”useful”. I was involved on campus. I am a hard worker, can learn, flexible to do whatever. I didn't manage to get an internship because the pandemic happened my junior and senior year. I watched so many videos about interviewing, practiced, changed up my resume, all of that. I guess I could have done more and did projects or gotten some certifications. But I feel like getting a “good” degree from a state college should be enough for some normal $50k job in the midwest. And now with these layoffs and this supposed recession that's going to happen I really just don't know what I'll do if I can't get a regular job, I feel like I'm already screwed with this one year gap from graduating. Why is this process so awful, it makes me feel so awful. I don't want to have to network, message recruiters on linkedin, or do whatever other inconsistent advice career content creators give. I don't think I suffer from mental illness but man it just makes me want to die when I think about it. I wish I was born with connections, I wish my last two years of college were normal, I wish I did more, I wish I was born with the charisma needed to just land a job, I wish we all lived under any other system than this. I'll take any advice on how I can get on track.

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