Trying to escape my current minimum wage job because it feels like a dead-end. I've applied to at least four other positions where I'd need some form of training, even though I'm in my fifth year of university (got a BA, and I'm pursuing an MSW) but it seems I'd be better off straight out of high school with just a GED at this point. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
By the time I get my MSW, I'll have a better shot, thankfully, because I've got a resource lined up for licensure and supervision but every day I keep getting texts from my current boss about how “sorry, I need people from XX shifts” and it just reminds me how I need an out but no one will let me for the pay I deserve.
I just can't see how my applications keep getting rejected when I've got skills these companies need and would benefit from, but they're presumably upset because they'd have to train and pay me a higher wage because of my education. At least, that's what I'm gathering from it.
Any insight?