Fresh Start
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Tomorrow marks a dark day in my calendar. For it will mark exactly 6 months (half a year) since I
graduated and thus became unemployed. While I will hardly be celebrating the date, I can’t help but dwell upon it. 6 entire months without a job. The enormity of that statement is pretty soul crushing.
I was always aware of the worrying news during that year about the economy, and the news of company’s struggling. But I had stuck to a positive attitude and had the mentality of “I still have to get a job, regardless of what state the economy is in”.
When I first began my job search, I was extremely positive and upbeat (I had just got a degree). I tuck part in every single summer workshop that was going on at the time. I also went to employer presentations and applied to loads of jobs. However, after about 3 months I was getting nowhere, I then went through directories of which between then and now I’ve sent 150 speculative applications. Out of which I got 10 replies which were all rejections. I continue to apply for jobs when ever they come, read every job searching book, leaflet, website, class there is and I continue the speculative hunt, but nothing is happening.
Meanwhile, during this time I have went from a happy, confident, outgoing person to a nervous, worried, deeply miserable person who spends most days in the house. This culminated in me being diagnosed with depression 2 weeks ago and prescribed medication.
Everyday I try to carry on with my fruitless job search, but now I’ve gotten to a point where some days I don’t even bother.
So here I am, 6 months later and still unemployed. The most worrying of all is, what now? This clearly isn’t working, but what can I do about it? I know there’s Mac Donald’s, but that’s not why I went to university!
graduated and thus became unemployed. While I will hardly be celebrating the date, I can’t help but dwell upon it. 6 entire months without a job. The enormity of that statement is pretty soul crushing.
I was always aware of the worrying news during that year about the economy, and the news of company’s struggling. But I had stuck to a positive attitude and had the mentality of “I still have to get a job, regardless of what state the economy is in”.
When I first began my job search, I was extremely positive and upbeat (I had just got a degree). I tuck part in every single summer workshop that was going on at the time. I also went to employer presentations and applied to loads of jobs. However, after about 3 months I was getting nowhere, I then went through directories of which between then and now I’ve sent 150 speculative applications. Out of which I got 10 replies which were all rejections. I continue to apply for jobs when ever they come, read every job searching book, leaflet, website, class there is and I continue the speculative hunt, but nothing is happening.
Meanwhile, during this time I have went from a happy, confident, outgoing person to a nervous, worried, deeply miserable person who spends most days in the house. This culminated in me being diagnosed with depression 2 weeks ago and prescribed medication.
Everyday I try to carry on with my fruitless job search, but now I’ve gotten to a point where some days I don’t even bother.
So here I am, 6 months later and still unemployed. The most worrying of all is, what now? This clearly isn’t working, but what can I do about it? I know there’s Mac Donald’s, but that’s not why I went to university!