Good-bye

That time is here! This is my last blog and thank you for reading.

This morning,  I woke up and read a yahoo news article, that has summed my situation. The article said, I quote, "Hundreds of job opening listings posted on Monster.com and other jobs sites explicitly state that people who are unemployed would be less attractive applicants, with some telling the long-term unemployed to not even bother with applying."

These hiring managers should have something in mind for setting that as a reason.

How long has it been for me? 7 months of job search? I think I am in that long-term category already. And I am done looking.

If you have been in my situation, I wish you the best of luck in your search. I am sure you will get one. All the best!

Unemployment articles and my first interview

I have been reading unemployment articles from YAHOO!'s site for the past two days now. Two key ideas I read are these: (1) Long- term job-seekers has recently started giving up looking for jobs, because the unemployment rate has been rising. (2) "In 2010, someone unemployed for less than five weeks was three times more likely to get a job than someone unemployed for 27 weeks or more, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics."

I am in my 27th week as of this week! Woohoo!

It's okay though. At least on my 26th week, I got an interview through a friend's friend.

It was for an assistant position, and the person I was supposed to assist is only 2 yrs older than me, at best, if not younger.
Of course, having a Master's degree, - I thought- I could teach this person about film, but I still have to work for/ under him.

I thought the interview went so that I made it clear that I was knowledgable in my field.
I also thought I was interviewing this person for the position because I asked 5 questions to his 2 questions. I was very polite though.

But from the half-assed answers I got in regards to when-will-you-make-a-decision, I figured, they were going to keep looking.

The good outcome from the interview was that I impressed myself as to how knowledgable and great I am- a feeling that disappeared the year I started my Master's degree... Afterall, I thought, I could do this person's job; that's what I am trained to do...

If only dreams made money, bought my groceries and did the laundry...

Upcoming farewell...

Dear (mostly non-existent) Reader,

Thank you for following my blog about my misadventures in looking for employment after getting my Master's degree.

You will notice, I have not blogged for a while. This is because I have been doing a lot of thinking about my future, instead of writing. I have a few last thoughts and ideas that I would like to blog about before I bring this journey to an end, but I am not certain I will.

When I started this blog, I had guessed I would have a job by my 6th month of job-search, since that is the maximum amount of time anyone I know has ever had to look for a full time job. After the 6th month, my blog would be about my "employed" life.

During my 7 month-long job search, I came to realize it was not going to be at all possible for me to get a full-time job. There are reasons -I am choosing not to elaborate here- that I have discovered along the way. That is to say, I realized there might not be a "land of opportunity" for everyone here, after all.

This isn't to say I am going to stop looking for a full time job. But just that I think this blog should come to an end.

This is not my last blog entry; but the farewell is soon coming...


Alas, this blog has been a great journey of self discovery for this Educated Slave.

Thank you for your patiently following my journey.

All the best,

Educated Slave