I have NOTHING to do. No jobs to apply, no temp gigs to go, no background work. The employment tree has dried up, that's for sure. My patience has started drying up with it, as I celebrate my quarter-year anniversary of having graduated & being unemployed.
I figured I would read up about what's going on out there for other people. I was reading on other job-related blogs as well as some newspaper articles about education and umployment. And I was amazed to find out that there are a-whole-lot-more unemployed college graduates than I anticipated. On the positive note, I am a step ahead of them (hah! I've got a master's!). On the negative note, I paid more for my education and am much older for anything they qualify.
So I have spent two full days thinking ( yes! you heard me right, thinking) about an avenue out of this. What can I do to create a job opportunity for me? What can I do to find my own "path" so I won't have to compete for an "entry level" position that asks for 3-5 year assistant experience, along with a bunch of my classmates AND recent college graduates? Cause thousands of people are finishing college each semester and the competition pool is getting bigger and bigger. That means, having graduated last year will no longer be "recent" when the summer comes around.
Did I get anything out of my thinking? Nothing. Nope. Nada. So, I'm going to be taking another day or two to think some more. I have nothing better to do anyway, right?
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