Monday. Still unemployed.
Last night, I had a dream that I was supposed to go to England for spring break. I was going to buy the tickets from my brother, but then I woke up the day I was supposed to leave and realized I'd never bought the tickets because I didn't have enough money.
WOW, SUBCONSCIOUS. YOU ARE SO SUBTLE! I HAD NO IDEA THAT I AM PRETTY BROKE AND SPENT ALL MY TRAVEL SAVINGS ON RENT.
*sigh*
Job searching is still frustrating. Resumes and cover letters go out into the void and there's nary a sign that anyone's even received them, much less read them and been impressed or even interested. Every person I meet has another piece of advice - my landlord wants to help me rework my resume, a rugby friend wants to recommend me to her president, my neighbor thinks that the organization his roommate's friend works for would be a great fit for me, and my parents are worried that I'm "wasting my talent."
I've even gotten piles of advice for my "just until I find a real job" job - three friends hawking their own temp agencies, two old teammates urging me to join them at The Container Store, and just as I've decided to completely give up on the uncertainty and job drought of my current employer, I've got assignments straight through the next two weeks.
For me, the most frustrating part about all of this is the glut of options. It's not like anything else I've ever done - there's no clear course of action, no rubric, no course catalogue, no list of requirements. I know that "everyone works a shit job straight out of college," but is that job going to be temping? Retail? A salaried position with excellent benefits that slowly numbs my brain and eats my soul with no chance for promotion? Two roads divulged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not take both, I sat down at the crossroads on my stack of cover letters and resumes and wondered if anyone would happen along with a map.
WOW, SUBCONSCIOUS. YOU ARE SO SUBTLE! I HAD NO IDEA THAT I AM PRETTY BROKE AND SPENT ALL MY TRAVEL SAVINGS ON RENT.
*sigh*
Job searching is still frustrating. Resumes and cover letters go out into the void and there's nary a sign that anyone's even received them, much less read them and been impressed or even interested. Every person I meet has another piece of advice - my landlord wants to help me rework my resume, a rugby friend wants to recommend me to her president, my neighbor thinks that the organization his roommate's friend works for would be a great fit for me, and my parents are worried that I'm "wasting my talent."
I've even gotten piles of advice for my "just until I find a real job" job - three friends hawking their own temp agencies, two old teammates urging me to join them at The Container Store, and just as I've decided to completely give up on the uncertainty and job drought of my current employer, I've got assignments straight through the next two weeks.
For me, the most frustrating part about all of this is the glut of options. It's not like anything else I've ever done - there's no clear course of action, no rubric, no course catalogue, no list of requirements. I know that "everyone works a shit job straight out of college," but is that job going to be temping? Retail? A salaried position with excellent benefits that slowly numbs my brain and eats my soul with no chance for promotion? Two roads divulged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not take both, I sat down at the crossroads on my stack of cover letters and resumes and wondered if anyone would happen along with a map.