Showing posts with label career. Show all posts
Showing posts with label career. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Welcome to Got No Job Blog

So here we are. We're in our mid-20's. And if you're anything like me you're either out of work, or you're working a "career" where the best thing about your job is your paycheck (ie. not the best work, but it pays the bills). Basically if you're working your dream job--- get out.

I think a lot of this amounts to a dissatisfied experience with the Job Market and lack of potential employers. But lets not go negative. I mainly want this to be a place to talk (if you feel like it) about job searching bullshit.

Studies show that finding a job is the shittiest thing ever, (Second shittiest thing is moving). My main qualm is the indiginity of it all. You apply, you write out a custom cover letter, a tailored resume, you talk to someone in HR, you beg, you plead, "yes I'll hold." You write follow up email, you make a follow up call. Still nothing. You call. "We will contact you if we want to interview," you are told. The frusterating fact that if you're not on a straight and narrow career path (who is?) and have varied career history that you're regarded with caution as a liability not regarded as having diverse talents. All this is said, done and calculated before you even had a chance to get an interview.

This has happened a few times for me. I'm not ready to give up. But for whatever reason, call it cryptic, but I whenever I hear that someone is in the same boat or has similar troubles- it makes me feel better about my own situation.

Maybe this blog will do that for you too.