Realistically speaking, when starting out with one's career, you don't choose the job as much as it chooses you. You need to identify all the areas you're willing to work in, apply for ALL the jobs that you can "put up with", and then go with one that seems tolerable. It's usually called "paying one's dues" and I hate it as well, but the root of it is that few people will trust you have the skill and ability to do any job... everyone wants experience, and the only way past that is for your resume and cover letter to catch the eye of a potential employer. I know, I've been there. Temping is the way that I am using to partially bypass that, and it's been helping, but I *still* don't have a permanent position.
Applying is disheartening, but it's the only way to get a job. The only thing I can suggest is to expand your search (I'm registered with 10 temp agencies, and it's the only way I keep employed) so as to increase the number of potential responses you get. As for interviewing, it's a skill. You may well botch several before you get the hang of it, but chalk it up to experience - and you *will* get the hang of it in time.
The thing with motivation in this case is that while you know that a new job and another place to live is the key to future success, it causes you a lot of problems *right now* and further you have something that you can work with, even if you don't like it. It may seem kind of backward, but the core of the problem is that large parts of you don't *want* to deal with this now, because, for the moment, it is causing a lot more trouble than it's worth. Perhaps if you look at it that way, your motivation problems will be easier to understand?
We all go through this... and I presume it will continue until the economy improves, if it ever does. Still, keep casting your net wide and you'll find some opportunities, and it will be enough.
Applying is disheartening, but it's the only way to get a job. The only thing I can suggest is to expand your search (I'm registered with 10 temp agencies, and it's the only way I keep employed) so as to increase the number of potential responses you get. As for interviewing, it's a skill. You may well botch several before you get the hang of it, but chalk it up to experience - and you *will* get the hang of it in time.
The thing with motivation in this case is that while you know that a new job and another place to live is the key to future success, it causes you a lot of problems *right now* and further you have something that you can work with, even if you don't like it. It may seem kind of backward, but the core of the problem is that large parts of you don't *want* to deal with this now, because, for the moment, it is causing a lot more trouble than it's worth. Perhaps if you look at it that way, your motivation problems will be easier to understand?
We all go through this... and I presume it will continue until the economy improves, if it ever does. Still, keep casting your net wide and you'll find some opportunities, and it will be enough.
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