An Introduction and Cry for Help?
Also one of the people who found this place by Spotlight. Glad to meet you all, sorta. Only iffy about it because unemployment is quite the hassle. (And yeah, seeing what others have to go through I realize I don't even begin to comprehend how bad it can get.)
My situation is a little special since a lot of it is my fault. I just graduated from college late May with a degree in Creative Writing, but aside from a year spent as an editor for the school literary magazine and a year and a half being a club president, I really don't have anything to show for all my credentials. It's embarrassing to admit but I have zero work experience, and absolutely no internships under my belt. Scholastic was at a job fair in my school recently and vibrant as they were about offering entry level positions, they told me they needed someone with at least some kind of office internship or office work experience. I've been outright turned down by many internships I've applied to, fudged up an interview to this one literary agency I tried for TWICE, and now the door is halfway closed on me considering that I've graduated and most internships out there will only provide college credit.
Currently I'm looking for anything I can grab that would help me somehow. Even if it means landing a summer internship for no pay, it's a start in the right direction. Maybe it's the fact I don't have any work experience that all these internships have turned me down?
For those who wonder, my parents have pretty much supported me all this time. They did a good job pretending not to care about my difficulty immediately finding work or an internship, but I can tell their patience is wearing thin from the arguments we've been getting into. They're also the reason I don't have any work experience, thwarting any effort of mine to get a part time or any kind of job ever since High School because it's "not conducive to my ultimate career path." That said, it is my fault for not taking the initiative and telling them to stuff it, even if they were my chief and only providers.
Sorry if I seem even less deserving to vent than other people. Again, alot of it is my own incompetence and I know so many of you have troubles that make mine trifling in comparison. I just hope somebody can help me out or point me in the right direction.
My situation is a little special since a lot of it is my fault. I just graduated from college late May with a degree in Creative Writing, but aside from a year spent as an editor for the school literary magazine and a year and a half being a club president, I really don't have anything to show for all my credentials. It's embarrassing to admit but I have zero work experience, and absolutely no internships under my belt. Scholastic was at a job fair in my school recently and vibrant as they were about offering entry level positions, they told me they needed someone with at least some kind of office internship or office work experience. I've been outright turned down by many internships I've applied to, fudged up an interview to this one literary agency I tried for TWICE, and now the door is halfway closed on me considering that I've graduated and most internships out there will only provide college credit.
Currently I'm looking for anything I can grab that would help me somehow. Even if it means landing a summer internship for no pay, it's a start in the right direction. Maybe it's the fact I don't have any work experience that all these internships have turned me down?
For those who wonder, my parents have pretty much supported me all this time. They did a good job pretending not to care about my difficulty immediately finding work or an internship, but I can tell their patience is wearing thin from the arguments we've been getting into. They're also the reason I don't have any work experience, thwarting any effort of mine to get a part time or any kind of job ever since High School because it's "not conducive to my ultimate career path." That said, it is my fault for not taking the initiative and telling them to stuff it, even if they were my chief and only providers.
Sorry if I seem even less deserving to vent than other people. Again, alot of it is my own incompetence and I know so many of you have troubles that make mine trifling in comparison. I just hope somebody can help me out or point me in the right direction.