Well, here I am again, getting myself all down about not being able find a job. As I got closer to graduation day and people started telling me that it would be hard out there to get a job, I really thought they were being too harsh. I had a foolhardy attitude. Oh you couldnt find a job, but certainly I will.
Six months later and here I am sitting on my bed and still filling out applications on careerbuilder.com and monster.com. I’ve gotten insurance companies and door-to-door sales offers from them. The only call back I got was from a hardcopy application that I put in on a whim at Express in Orland Mall. I have no idea what to do! This just seems so ridiculous. I need income so that I can start saving for graduate school and all that. And to get me out of this damn house every once in awhile. My room feels like a prison. I cannot even go out for a cheap weekend with friends, that’s how broke I am. Literally, I got nothing. It is maddening!
Does anyone know of any other sites where I can post my resume that would just get me calls from insurance companies!? Please help! I am so desperate!!!!!
Economy isn’t great just now but you are a creative sort, and a worker! What jobs did you do while in college? Can you continue with any of those? I saw your list of services and it looks like you have a lot of skills. While it may not be in an area you want to stay in, at least they could help feed you.
Ok, now what I’m proposing would be a slow growing sort of thing, but something to keep you busy while searching. AND it could even lead into something. I see your degree is in English with a minor in writing. Have you looked in to the world of Indie publishing? If you have any stories you wrote in college, or ones you are working on now, you could put self-publish. Since you know photo shop you could even do your own covers,
On my blog Stringing Beads, – http://debmaher.com – in the right sidebar I have a group of links on Indie Publishing. Look through them. They are all reputable blogs by writers who have independently published. One of them – Lindsay Buroker – has a blog called Savvy Self-Publishing that takes you through all the steps you need.to self-publish. I hope you look into it.
Feel free to contact me at debswords at gmail.com.
Keep striving, and get out of your room once in a while! I wish you all the best!!!
p.s. It doesn’t have to cost you anything to self-publish, especially if you can do your own cover, and can maybe have a friend, proof/edit the work.