Job Anxiety
Looking at job posts, I feel like such a loser. I'm looking for entry-level stuff, but they still expect experience that I don't have. I couldn't afford to take an internship, and I didn't even know what I specifically wanted to go into (women's health) until this last year, so it's not like I could have prepared for it and tailored my college career for it. For the jobs I do qualify for (namely receptionist), I need to provide proof of a car, a CA license, and auto insurance with the application, which I do not have. I'm holding off on the CA license until I know whether I am staying in CA or going back to TX (God forbid!). My parents offered to help me with a down payment on a car once I graduated (since they felt guilty about helping my bro & sis get one AGES AGO), but now they're backpedaling because I might go back to Ecuador if I end up getting the Fulbright. (WTF am I supposed to do in the 9 months before then, in the off chance I end up going??) I would just go ahead and take out a loan and get the fucking car anyway if I had reliable employment, which just happens to be what I'm looking for and what I need a car for in the first place. Not having a car in the U.S. (not including NYC) is really crippling.
>:(
My thesis advisor said she knew of a good job for me and I briefly talked on the phone with the woman in charge. It is a temporary assistant job for an HIV/AIDS and Latinos program of Project Concern International, a non-profit :).
I meet all the requirements, I have the admin asst. experience, BUT...
I don't know SPSS. :(
I am familiar with what it is and what it does, but have never used it. The job description said that was required, and did not indicate any training. I doubt they would want to waste resources training someone on that for a 6 month position. The woman I spoke with told me to send her my resume (which I think is crappy right now in its updated form) so that we could set up a meeting (interview) next week.
I feel bad.
I feel like it would be a waste of her time if I can't do one of the basic job functions.
Fuck my useless Spanish major. I should have majored in Sociology instead.
The thought of moving back to Texas makes my head hurt, and I'm not kidding.
>:(
My thesis advisor said she knew of a good job for me and I briefly talked on the phone with the woman in charge. It is a temporary assistant job for an HIV/AIDS and Latinos program of Project Concern International, a non-profit :).
I meet all the requirements, I have the admin asst. experience, BUT...
I don't know SPSS. :(
I am familiar with what it is and what it does, but have never used it. The job description said that was required, and did not indicate any training. I doubt they would want to waste resources training someone on that for a 6 month position. The woman I spoke with told me to send her my resume (which I think is crappy right now in its updated form) so that we could set up a meeting (interview) next week.
I feel bad.
I feel like it would be a waste of her time if I can't do one of the basic job functions.
Fuck my useless Spanish major. I should have majored in Sociology instead.
The thought of moving back to Texas makes my head hurt, and I'm not kidding.