She Can’t Help But Feel Like She Was Lied To About College And That She’ll Never Have A Successful Career
Fairly recently, this young woman graduated from one of the top colleges in America with a degree in English Literature.
During her four years at college, she was convinced a career in book publishing was for her. As she approached graduation day, it dawned on her how difficult this career would be.
“Between seasoned professionals telling me it took 10+ years to even get an entry-level job, to new hires discussing how unhappy they were, to unpaid 40-hour work week internships, I started to lose hope,” she explained.
“I took one unpaid internship my junior year and did fairly well but wasn’t able to land another one. I started to shift my focus to copywriting or marketing. Still no luck.”
“Between January and June, I applied for over 150 professional jobs and got one response back, which was a rejection.”
At her college’s career center, she had her resume looked at by three different people to make sure nothing was missing.
She then asked one of her family members, who works at a tech company and looks at a lot of resumes, to review her cover letters for good measure.
One month after she graduated, she began applying for part-time jobs at any and every place that was hiring.
She was quickly running out of money and her credit cards were nearing maxed out. She desperately needed some funds, so she figured a part-time position could help her get on her feet.
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She applied to Starbucks, Target, and every local store in her area, but she only received two responses back: rejection.
She then removed her degree from her resume, thinking nobody could accuse her of being overqualified for the part-time positions, but she still got no bites.
“I’m honestly at a point where I just want to disappear,” she said. “I had no problem getting work as a teenager and before college, but now it just feels impossible.”
“I’ve even gone in and dropped off my resume in person as a last-ditch effort, and clearly, it didn’t work. It feels like I prepared for college and work my whole life, and yet now that I’m actually here, it’s like I was lied to.”
“I wasted so much time and money for college when I would have been happy working as a hairstylist and writing for fun.”
Her first choice was to pursue hair styling, but the only reason she didn’t is because her mom and dad didn’t want her to do that.
Now, it’s not even like she can switch gears and go to cosmetology school because she has no money to enroll.
If she could manage to find a job doing something, anything, she could save to pursue hair styling, but that’s not going to be anytime soon.
“I feel like I’m failing myself,” she continued. “I hate that I went to college. I hate that I abandoned what I actually wanted to do to appease others.”
“I hate that the school washed their hands of us the second we graduated and offered no support. I absolutely despise the work industry right now.”
“I’m so lost, and everyone in my personal life just tells me to keep doing what I’m doing but offer no other help.”
What advice do you have for her?
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