adkfan7999
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I graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Sociology this past May. It took me seven years, but I finished it. Taking 7 years is rather embarrassing in hindsight, but I routinely took light course loads, frequently dropped courses I deemed unsatisfactory, and just was never truly dedicated because I had no idea what I wanted to do. I wasn't out partying or anything like that... I just wasn't in to what I was doing, yet continued to do it. When it was time to decide on a major, one advisor told me that what you major in doesn't matter... what matters is that you have a degree at all. Now I see that is completely untrue. I finished with a 2.6 GPA, though if you remove my worst semester (one in which I failed 3 of 4 courses and managed a C in the other) that jumps to 3.0-3.1.
In the seven months since graduating, I've applied for at least two dozen jobs. I've only landed two interviews and both were busts. I've attended a job fair with my eye set on another one in January. I've applied for full time work, part time work, and several jobs that don't require ANY college education. I have seen various jobs require or prefer a degree in this or that, but none that call for a sociology degree. And, no, social work is not sociology. They're different disciplines.
On top of an extra long career as an undergrad, I have virtually no experience doing anything, which makes applying for jobs even tougher. I'm 25 now, but didn't work at all until I was 20 and have only worked 4-6 days a month since. It's glorified babysitting at a retirement complex. My resume is non-existent beyond a degree and this one rather unimpressive job. I don't have a "network," largely because I haven't had any friends outside of long distance online pals since high school. Despite (usually) doing well in college, I learned nothing and nothing from any of my college courses is helpful in finding work. Sociology was a waste.
I thought I was on the right path when I graduated high school ranked 70th out of a class of 500. But what I had my eye on then (newspaper writing) proved to be a bad match for someone with social anxiety disorder -- despite all the various writing awards I won in high school. I had a newspaper internship and it made me realize real world journalism was far different than hiding behind a computer on a high school paper for three years. And that's kind of when things went south for me because I never had back up plan.
I don't know how I could get much with my resume even in a better economy. I'm already $20,000+ in debt with student loans, so I'd be hesitant to get deeper in the red with more loans... be it another bachelors or a graduate degree.... though I question whether I'd get into grad school with a mediocre GPA (remove one bad semester and it isn't nearly as bad) and a lack of recommendations.
Thoughts? Tips?
In the seven months since graduating, I've applied for at least two dozen jobs. I've only landed two interviews and both were busts. I've attended a job fair with my eye set on another one in January. I've applied for full time work, part time work, and several jobs that don't require ANY college education. I have seen various jobs require or prefer a degree in this or that, but none that call for a sociology degree. And, no, social work is not sociology. They're different disciplines.
On top of an extra long career as an undergrad, I have virtually no experience doing anything, which makes applying for jobs even tougher. I'm 25 now, but didn't work at all until I was 20 and have only worked 4-6 days a month since. It's glorified babysitting at a retirement complex. My resume is non-existent beyond a degree and this one rather unimpressive job. I don't have a "network," largely because I haven't had any friends outside of long distance online pals since high school. Despite (usually) doing well in college, I learned nothing and nothing from any of my college courses is helpful in finding work. Sociology was a waste.
I thought I was on the right path when I graduated high school ranked 70th out of a class of 500. But what I had my eye on then (newspaper writing) proved to be a bad match for someone with social anxiety disorder -- despite all the various writing awards I won in high school. I had a newspaper internship and it made me realize real world journalism was far different than hiding behind a computer on a high school paper for three years. And that's kind of when things went south for me because I never had back up plan.
I don't know how I could get much with my resume even in a better economy. I'm already $20,000+ in debt with student loans, so I'd be hesitant to get deeper in the red with more loans... be it another bachelors or a graduate degree.... though I question whether I'd get into grad school with a mediocre GPA (remove one bad semester and it isn't nearly as bad) and a lack of recommendations.
Thoughts? Tips?