Job Hunting & a college degree
Job hunting is not what it used to be and that’s because it’s much harder than it used to be due to the economic recession (some might say depression) we’re in. Being in a position of needing to find a job, I’ve been looking for one for the last couple of months every day. I spend my free time searching as many online sites as possible for jobs. It’s scary to me how few jobs are actually available right now and how many people are fighting to get the same job.
You’d think getting your bachelor’s degree would help you find a job (and I have 2 AA degrees which also seem to be ineffective) but I don’t think that it’s helping me out in finding a job. My bachelor’s will be in Liberal Arts and I’m not planning on being a teacher plus I’ve not worked in 6 years, which I think all this works against me. I’ve literally applied for at least 15 jobs in the last 2 months, have tested for at least half of these and earned 90% plus on all the tests, call (more than once if necessary) possible employers about the position I’ve applied for, and still get denied interviews. I have a 3.7 overall gpa and this isn’t helping stack the odss in my favor as far as job hunting goes. Everytime I’ve been denied a job it’s because someone else was already lined up (call that an inside job) for the position or I didn’t have the work experience for the position (now that’s interesting because I know alot of people with work experience that still make for poor employees once hired and funny how being a stay at home mom is completely worthless in the eyes of the outside world but that’s another topic entirely!).
I know the economy is the worst that it’s been since the Great Depression and hopefully will be the worst that I experience for the rest of my life but life seems a bit ironic to me. I distinctly remember turning down a job for $12/hr. in order to make finishing my bachelor’s degree the priority thinking that once I was done I’d be able to get a job paying more than $12/hr. So I returned to college full time busting my butt to get a 4.0 gpa every quarter since I’ve returned for the last year and a half. It’s frustrating that it seems not to be beneficial for me to have done this since it seems taking that initial $12/hr. job would’ve taken me farther than a college degree. Even more interesting is that I’ve now more than doubled my school loan debt in order to complete this college degree that seems kind of useless. Plus, the jobs I’m applying for right now are paying $10-15/hr. and I can’t even land those with a nearly completed bachelor’s degree. It’s just discouraging and a bit of a pisser. But I am trying to keep a positive attitude and pray that the right job will come along as long as I keep putting myself out there, which is all I can do.
