Frustrated.
I just spent the last hour searching nonprofit jobs online so that I can get an idea of where I might want to go/what I might want to do when I go back to The States.
I was thinking that there are a bunch of places I'd like to go, but I have to be realistic about the situation and I can't just move without having a job. That would be ridiculously stupid for someone like me who will have to find a place to live and continue to pay off student loans.
So I figured that since it has been on my mind a lot lately, I might as well look up some jobs.
Well, well, well.
I think I'm in trouble.
There really aren't any nonprofit jobs that I'm qualified for.
I decided to seach for jobs on the east coast, the west coast, and Chicago.
Most of the jobs listed anywhere are in California and there are some that look potentially interesting.
However, most of the jobs listed are in accounting or finance (obviously not my area) and the ones that aren't require lots of experience that I don't have.
I kept seeing jobs and thinking....sweet. That one looks good....oh, maybe not. You need a Masters degree and lots of experience with all kinds of things I know nothing about.
I saw one as a receptionist and I thought- 'I can do that!'
Apparently not.
I don't have a minimum of a year's experience and I don't speak Spanish.
My oh my.
What good does a Bachelor's Degree in English/Creative Writing do?
I still have a year and a half and I'm already frustrated about job searching.
I guess I feel like I'm open to do nearly anything, but the problem is that nobody wants to hire someone with my skills (or lack thereof?)
I should have gotten a degree in something else, I think.
Maybe I'll just go work at a coffee shop somewhere.
Make just enough to pay the rent and buy groceries.
And then eventually find some job where I can get experience doing...something...
and then slowly slowly slowly move my way up so I can have a job doing something interesting by the time I'm eighty or so.
Maybe that's the way this works.
I should go mark exams now.
I was thinking that there are a bunch of places I'd like to go, but I have to be realistic about the situation and I can't just move without having a job. That would be ridiculously stupid for someone like me who will have to find a place to live and continue to pay off student loans.
So I figured that since it has been on my mind a lot lately, I might as well look up some jobs.
Well, well, well.
I think I'm in trouble.
There really aren't any nonprofit jobs that I'm qualified for.
I decided to seach for jobs on the east coast, the west coast, and Chicago.
Most of the jobs listed anywhere are in California and there are some that look potentially interesting.
However, most of the jobs listed are in accounting or finance (obviously not my area) and the ones that aren't require lots of experience that I don't have.
I kept seeing jobs and thinking....sweet. That one looks good....oh, maybe not. You need a Masters degree and lots of experience with all kinds of things I know nothing about.
I saw one as a receptionist and I thought- 'I can do that!'
Apparently not.
I don't have a minimum of a year's experience and I don't speak Spanish.
My oh my.
What good does a Bachelor's Degree in English/Creative Writing do?
I still have a year and a half and I'm already frustrated about job searching.
I guess I feel like I'm open to do nearly anything, but the problem is that nobody wants to hire someone with my skills (or lack thereof?)
I should have gotten a degree in something else, I think.
Maybe I'll just go work at a coffee shop somewhere.
Make just enough to pay the rent and buy groceries.
And then eventually find some job where I can get experience doing...something...
and then slowly slowly slowly move my way up so I can have a job doing something interesting by the time I'm eighty or so.
Maybe that's the way this works.
I should go mark exams now.