I graduated from college with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications. 3.32 GPA, great resume, & references. Took me 7 months to find a job, hardly any pay, ended up getting pushed out. Took another 11 months to find a job. there for over a year.. took a job with the state,thought would be great. My supervisor turned out to be evil and harassing. Was VERY cruel to me so I ended up quitting, I couldn’t take it anymore. I thought it wouldn’t take too long to find a job. I left there in May.. it’s almost August.. I’ve applied for 100 jobs, have interviewed for 12 and no one wants to hire me. My fiance & I are running out of money and we are supposed to be saving for our May wedding! I just don’t know what else I can do better to get hired! I think my interviews go well and then nothing. Or I get interviewed for jobs with no health care or anything. I’ve been intv. for entry level hr and mid level admin work. So nothing even using my degree! Any suggestions? I just want to get hired!!
- I worked for my brother-in-law’s company in-between the first and second job.
- I’ve been taking and looking at jobs that are entry level, they are low paying, and do not require a degree.
- I look for jobs that are entry level and outside of the realm of my degree.
-My boss would tell me to go home early.. I did.. then she would write me up for leaving. Threatened to fire me. She would tell me to do things, I would do them, then she would call me into the HR office to tell me I should have had better judgement to do them the opposite way. The union wouldn’t protect me yet, since I was in my probation period, but they told me I should quit, because it sounded as though I would be fired. The 3 previous employees under this supervisor either quit or were fired.
-Before college I held the same job for 4 years. I’m dedicated, but I’m not going to be treated like a piece of garbage and threatened.
Unfortunately all you can do is keep on trying. Send out your resume to as many potential employers as you can and look at job advertisements every day of the week. Vocational qualifications don’t always get you a good job but should pay off in the long run. You’ve just got to be patient and persistent. Good luck!
first, a communication degree is almost usless. There are many more graduates than job openings. so you have a strike against you.
Have you considered teaching? the demand for teachers is very high.
Look outside your degree feild. A degree is a tool,
Expand your search geographically. If your having no luck ing your town, look in the neares big city
Oh yeah, you learned a valuable lesson, never quit a job until you have the next one lined up
Good Luck
Sadly, 12 nibbles from 100 resumes sounds like a pretty good ratio to me.
The economy is tough right now, for sure. But if you’ve been on 12 interviews and haven’t found a job, is it possible that you need to improve your interviewing skills? Take a look at a book or website on the subject, and see if there’s anything you’re doing wrong. Or, have a friend/family member who is a business person conduct a mock interview with you and give you pointers as to why you did or didn’t make a good impression.
I didn’t mean the above paragraph to mean that you *do* have something wrong with your interviewing skills – it’s just one possible explanation.
Even with the price of gas, you may need to expand your search area. We moved 2 years ago, and I stupidly assumed I would find a comparable job in the new city. I couldn’t. So I’m still commuting back to the city we used to live in every day. It was 75 miles, because I was working on the East side, but I recently switched to a job on the West side so it’s “only” 55 miles each way now. Good thing my car gets 47mpg!
Hang in there – you’ll find something!
Sadly, the college degree is no longer the “golden ticket” it once was. Your parents probably told you that as long as you got a good degree that companies would be clamoring to hire you. It was true in their day, not so much anymore.
Nowadays having a degree is pretty standard. Everyone goes to college now, which makes the pool of potential candidates for a job position filled to the brim.
You may have to accept a job that has nothing to do with what you went to school for, which ***** (I know), but if you keep holding out for the perfect job you may never find it.
Research jobs that are in high demand and see if you fit the criteria for any of them. Or maybe look for positions that aren’t quite what you wanted but provide opportunities for advancement into the position you want.
It doesn’t help that the economy is kind of a mess right now. Companies are being VERY careful about who they hire and how many. You may have to **** it up and work at mcDonalds for a little while, just so you have some income! After I graduated I worked as gas station, delivered pizzas and newspapers, you name it, just to survive.
Also check out Monster.com. Lots of useful advice there.
Well, the economy is in a sorry state right now, so job searching can be a nightmare. The important thing is that you don’t give up and don’t take it personally. It’s hard not to feel rejected, but those interviewers don’t really know YOU, so it’s not personal and there isn’t anything wrong with you. Have you been using websites like monster.com and yahoojobs.com? you can put your resumee up and find jobs for you online. Unfortunately, the reality is that you probably are going to have to take a job that is entry level, basic pay; you’re going to have to work your way up. =) For now, make sure you are spending what money you have wisely. Don’t eat out every day when you could make your own food. Share cars with friends when you can to save gas and money. Don’t buy a lot that is not a necessity. You’ll make it eventually, but it’s gonna be hard before it gets better. Good luck! =)
All you can do is keep trying and consider changing your expectations. My father always told me it is easier to find a job while being employed. As an employer if I was looking at your application, I would see warning lights. Three jobs since graduation and a lot of time in between.
Graduating from college is a real achievement and gives you more opportunity, however you still will start a job at the bottom and treated as a new hire. You need to prove yourself in order to increase your earnings and part of that is getting along with bosses (business manner). That means you need to focus on the job, when you say your boss was very cruel to you, in what way? I have worked for some real jerks in a male dominated field, I would leave the office and cry, but I didn’t give up. Yes, they were cruel but I was young and did not understand that this helped me build my character and learn to defend myself in a business manner. Give yourself some time and the next job, stay with it a while and try to work out the things that bother you. You will grow and so will your resume. Take the pressure off, why plan a wedding if you do not have the money to spend. Either postpone the wedding or go to the court house.
Quitting is a very last resort and should never be done without another job waiting for you. Many people, the majority of the working class, have jobs with evil and harassing bosses, but they do not quit because of it. In this shaky uncertain economy, you simply cannot allow yourself the luxury of walking out on any job no matter what the circumstances. Jobs are very scarce now and your resume thus far is not a good one. The next time you do get hired, you need to stay and work on any issues that come up instead of running away from your responsibilities. None of us have it easy in the workplace and a B.A. means nothing unless you are dedicated responsible and reliable.
First of all, 25 is a bit young to marry if you can’t hold down a job. Second, communications degrees are designed for broadcasters and those involved in other facets of media. If you weren’t going into media, why did you bother?
Bad decisions.