Comments | lucia_tanaka: and she said thank god it's fatal, thank god it's fatal and not shy

lucia_tanaka

and she said thank god it's fatal, thank god it's fatal and not shy

Mar 06, 2011 23:07

Uncomfortable realization number one: I'm 21 and stuck in a place I hate doing a job I hate to pay for schooling that has yet to teach me a goddamn thing ( Read more... )

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rosadina March 7 2011, 14:58:39 UTC

Yes. Exactly. I don't know what income bracket you come from but I come from a lower one and can tell you that, as horrible as it sounds, you really can't be happy if you can't put the food on the table, pay for utilities and take good care of your kids.

alexwhitewell March 7 2011, 06:52:51 UTC

i get this feeling once a week. What the fuck am i going to do with an illustration degree?

spn_girl March 7 2011, 10:38:05 UTC

Hi - I friended you for your Dresden fic but am mildly tipsy on champers and chardy so am putting my two cents in on your personal life now - potentialy incoherent rambling ahead ( ... )

sunflower1343 March 7 2011, 14:01:25 UTC

Speaking as someone who's been out of school for a while now, and who hires people, I can tell you that unless you're going into a very specific field like aerospace engineering your major doesn't matter. What does matter is that you show you can stick with something and finish it and work hard to get decent grades. Getting a job is about experience, and frankly about who you know. So if you're concerned about finding work later you'd be best off looking for a volunteer or intern position or a co-op job in something that would give you related experience or connections. One that pays would be best. Then for your classes just take things you enjoy.

lucia_tanaka March 7 2011, 20:05:24 UTC

I don't suppose you have any words of wisdom on how to get hired? Because yeah, ATM my priority is to get a decent job I don't loathe with a fiery fury and then figure out my education.

sunflower1343 March 7 2011, 22:51:02 UTC

See if your university has any work study programs. Take full advantage of job fairs at your university and interviews through the university. It's a foot in the door you'll never get once you graduate.

Also, temp jobs can be useful if you start with a decent agency. Call around and see if they place many people permanently, and at what kinds of companies.

And network. Not at ridiculous networking parties, but join groups that might attract the kind of people you're interested in working with. Like we have a private library downtown here that I joined, and it has cheap student memberships. The people are for the most part intelligent and from all sorts of backgrounds. If they know members are looking for things, including new jobs, they generally point them in directions that help. Referrals have tons of weight. It's rare that we hire someone cold off the streets. But then, I work for a law firm and it's the cliched old-boy network you've heard it is.

open the door ext_373911 March 8 2011, 05:42:19 UTC

A good piece of advice I got when I was at uni was 'your degree doesn't get you a job. It's a key. It opens a door. You have to walk through it'. You can't walk through that door with half a degree. Frankly I've never really worked in the area that I studied (Multimedia) but it has opened doors for me. As sunflower1343 says people who hire see that you've finished a degree and it shows that you can get the job done. Even crappy jobs these days seem to require a university degree ( ... )