It is so darn difficult to get a job right now and it is really starting to get me down.
My teaching assistantship contract ended in early May and I have applied for at least sixteen different positions since then and have ended up with nothing. All of the job interviews I've had have gone very well, but the positions always end up being offered to someone else. Perhaps I am too eager. Whenever someone contacts me about a job, I jump on it immediately and end up being the first person interviewed. Perhaps I get overlooked because of that.
Of course, that is when I am lucky enough to get an interview at all. Often I get a rejection letter without even getting the chance to interview. It is all very frustrating. I have clerical and teaching experience and am very educated (I am 3 hours away from completing graduate school and have maintained a 4.0 GPA). I am really beginning to wonder why I even bothered going to grad school. It isn't like it has actually done much for me - other than leave me overqualified for pretty much everything.
Today, out of desperation, I went to the hotel near my apartment and filled out an application for a housekeeping job. They hired me on the spot and I start on Monday - so at least I have something to keep us going for a little while. I'm not above doing physical work like that and am really just relieved to have a job to go to at this point. The only thing that kind of gets me is that my husband went in as well and applied with me and he got a better job than I did! He has no formal job experience, no college degree, and has been a househusband since we've been married. I'm happy for him, though. It just kind of makes me mad that the management didn't even seem to think a woman fit to be a front desk clerk. Grrrr!
Oh well. It has been great for DH's self esteem and I am so happy for that.
Anyway, I just needed to vent and thank you to everyone who was willing to read through my pity party here. Lol! I know that a lot of us are experiencing job hunting stress right now and I feel for you terribly. Good luck to all of us who are looking for something better!
Today, out of desperation, I went to the hotel near my apartment and filled out an application for a housekeeping job. They hired me on the spot and I start on Monday - so at least I have something to keep us going for a little while. I'm not above doing physical work like that and am really just relieved to have a job to go to at this point. The only thing that kind of gets me is that my husband went in as well and applied with me and he got a better job than I did! He has no formal job experience, no college degree, and has been a househusband since we've been married. I'm happy for him, though. It just kind of makes me mad that the management didn't even seem to think a woman fit to be a front desk clerk. Grrrr!
Anyway, I just needed to vent and thank you to everyone who was willing to read through my pity party here. Lol! I know that a lot of us are experiencing job hunting stress right now and I feel for you terribly. Good luck to all of us who are looking for something better!