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...
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