Job Front
*Sigh*
The worst things about getting an interview is getting the letter that says "We have decided to pursue other applicants".
I hate rejection letters. I really do. Even if I don't want the job and would turn it down if offered to me, I HATE rejection letters.
I know people generally feel like this when they're job hunting, but I really need a job. I know that attorneys don't have a huge unemployment rate and that it would be surprising if I absolutely can't find a job, but it's still scary. I didn't go through this whole job search in college. I got accepted for law school in Janaury and that was that.
Now it's a whole nother ballgame. there's no more school, no more fall backs. I have to work, have to get a job. I'm stressing out about the job thing a little, mostly I'm just temporarily upset that I didn't get a second interview from that firm, but in all, i'm stressed about what hangs in the balance.
The place I currently live is University housing, and my lease terminates May 21, 2006. This means that the day of graduation I am officially homeless, unless of course I have signed a lease somewhere else. To sign a lease somewhere else, it would be helpful to know what I can afford per month, and generally where would be convenient to work. If I choose a place not convenient to a bus line (or, more likely, eventually get a job not close to a bus line), I will need a car. To buy a car I need to know how much I can afford to pay on the loan each month. To know if I can get cable or internet, I need to know what I will make a month.
All of these things (apartment, car, amenities, loan repayment) hang in the balance of me getting a job. Not to mention that my money runs out at the end of May pretty much.
Most people can always move home for a while until they get on their feet, they have a backup plan.....My sister-in-law would scratch out her eyes with an old dull fork before she'd let me move into her guest room for a week or more. I really don't have any alternative options. Getting a roommate would be nice, but most of my good friends like their apartments, don't have to move, are getting married or are leaving the area, so that's out unless I want to move into a place with a stranger. Again, something that I will consider, except that I don't want to agree to live with someone and then not be able to pay my half of the rent because I don't have a job or over budget on an expected salary and then get kicked out anyway.
so, I need a new apartment, a car to survive for about two years or more, and a job......in two months.....
*Sigh* Have I mentioned that I hate the job search??
The worst things about getting an interview is getting the letter that says "We have decided to pursue other applicants".
I hate rejection letters. I really do. Even if I don't want the job and would turn it down if offered to me, I HATE rejection letters.
I know people generally feel like this when they're job hunting, but I really need a job. I know that attorneys don't have a huge unemployment rate and that it would be surprising if I absolutely can't find a job, but it's still scary. I didn't go through this whole job search in college. I got accepted for law school in Janaury and that was that.
Now it's a whole nother ballgame. there's no more school, no more fall backs. I have to work, have to get a job. I'm stressing out about the job thing a little, mostly I'm just temporarily upset that I didn't get a second interview from that firm, but in all, i'm stressed about what hangs in the balance.
The place I currently live is University housing, and my lease terminates May 21, 2006. This means that the day of graduation I am officially homeless, unless of course I have signed a lease somewhere else. To sign a lease somewhere else, it would be helpful to know what I can afford per month, and generally where would be convenient to work. If I choose a place not convenient to a bus line (or, more likely, eventually get a job not close to a bus line), I will need a car. To buy a car I need to know how much I can afford to pay on the loan each month. To know if I can get cable or internet, I need to know what I will make a month.
All of these things (apartment, car, amenities, loan repayment) hang in the balance of me getting a job. Not to mention that my money runs out at the end of May pretty much.
Most people can always move home for a while until they get on their feet, they have a backup plan.....My sister-in-law would scratch out her eyes with an old dull fork before she'd let me move into her guest room for a week or more. I really don't have any alternative options. Getting a roommate would be nice, but most of my good friends like their apartments, don't have to move, are getting married or are leaving the area, so that's out unless I want to move into a place with a stranger. Again, something that I will consider, except that I don't want to agree to live with someone and then not be able to pay my half of the rent because I don't have a job or over budget on an expected salary and then get kicked out anyway.
so, I need a new apartment, a car to survive for about two years or more, and a job......in two months.....
*Sigh* Have I mentioned that I hate the job search??