I’m at a standstill already.
I go to work at my part-time retail job. I come home. I sleep. I rinse and repeat.
My days off are spent comfortably on my couch staring at my computer screen.
Searching through countless job listings, rewriting my cover letter, giving up and staring at Reddit for the remainder of the day.
In fact, I stopped looking entirely.
It’s all about who you know in this world, and unfortunately, I don’t know anyone with these connections.
On occasion I see a friend and have a fun few hours.
But.
I don’t see a way out. August will come, and I won’t be packing my bags to join my friends at the little bubble we call college.
It feels like a summer vacation, wasting away my days in the air conditioning.
Yet, that’s the problem.
I’m wasting away my days.
I’m fine with my part-time retail job for this summer. It is allowing me to enjoy my last ‘free’ summer.
Well it should be, if I would take advantage of it.
But
This begs the question:
How long after graduation am I still considered just a ‘recent grad’ as opposed to a ‘failure’ for being career-less?
How much longer do I have to find a job before I’m looked down upon for having a degree, living at home, and only working a part-time retail job?
How much longer until I can escape this pause, and press the play button to resume my life?
I don’t want to sell out.
I just want to find a career, and be happy with the one I find.
It’s a really tough transition, and for however long it takes you, it has taken someone else longer to find a job after college. Don’t worry about what to tell people when they ask, they should all understand how tough the economy is right now. Instead, use that as an opportunity to tell people what you are looking for and to see if they know of anything open in that field — I can’t overestimate the power of networking – most jobs I have gotten are from hearing about an opening through a friend who just happened to mention it , rather than sending my resume out into the void with 100 others. Hang in there and good luck!
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