I decided to go to college after being told that I would then easily get a job and a job that payed me well. Maybe it was like that back in the 80s but now many things have changed and their are many people fighting for jobs and people putting extra time to keep their job.
I graduated last year with my BA in Communication Studies and minor in Italian. During college I worked some jobs such as babysitting, retail and office jobs. I also did two unpaid internships one with E! Entertainment in L.A. and one with City Lights Media Group in New York after recieveing a scholarship through University of Dreams. Besides that I studied in Florence, Italy for a year and learned Italian. So I thought finding a job after graduating wouldn’t be so difficult but I was wrong!
Besides life completely changing for me and my family..Job seeking has proven difficult in L.A. I’ve realized that its more important who you know than what jobs you see posted. Searching for jobs online is so difficult because they hardly get back to you and if they do then you’re kinda lucky but you then have to be interviewed and are competing with several applicants who also have an interview for that one position. So basically you have to know people in order to get a job! So one mistake I did was not network enough, and without networking you might not get by.
I still haven’t gotten a real job and will start looking soon, have been postponing due to so many failed attempts. I would go back to school because I somewhat miss it but I’d prefer to find work first before getting myself into more debt with loans. If I’d go back to school for my Masters I would be interested in studying Counseling.
Ok I had to rant and want to know what you think about graduating college and not finding work and also any tips on other ways to land a job besides working on your resume and cover letter…
xoxo,
Jackie
