I'm looking for a job AGAIN. It seems that looking for a job is a constant in my life much the same as eating lunch is to everyone else.
I spent all day today running around, handing out resumes for jobs that I am completely overqualified for. Why did I do this? Because no one in this world will actually hire me for something that I AM qualified for. It's like my life and work experience up until now has been a big joke. Who cares that I went to college. Who cares that I've lived in foreign countries (which is one of the hardest things I've ever done....THREE TIMES). Who cares that I figure I can pretty much do anything. I mean, I'm a smart kid with lots of talents. Of course, no one would ever know about those talents because I have NEVER gotten a call back after handing out a resume. All of my jobs have come from people that I already knew.
My question is: How on earth do other people get jobs? Are their resumes better? Do they interview better than I do? Are they better looking (of course not, but I just had to throw that one in there)? Is money changing hands under the table (if so, I have some JCPenny gift cards that I'm willing to let go of)?
Anyway, I'm sick of it already and I've only been looking for a week. I think I'm going to go throw up.
2 comments:
I'm with you there. I think jobs come from either social connections or sheer lottery-style luck. It's as if my resume gets tossed into some horrific dark sea of other grasping hands, all waiting for the UFO Catcher of employment to ineptly steer towards them.
It's hard to maintain the charming enthusiastic self-assurance sometimes.
Well, at least I'm in good company. It seems that the JET program doesn't exactly slingshot us into great jobs.
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