I have yet to beat myself into applying for jobs unrelated to the field I have so far enjoyed, and in which I can actually boast experience. Ah, libraries - so quiet, well-ordered, and filled with an unmistakable air of pseudo-intellectualism.
However, there seems to be a prejudice against me, somehow. I've applied for about 7 positions, most full-time but one half-time, and I was unmistakably qualified for all of them (and not overqualified, either), but I haven't heard a word from any of them. Maybe it's the fact that the mailing address currently listed is for Florida - but I did specify that I would be moving as soon as possible (i.e., as soon as I could get a job), and that I'd be happy to fly into town for an interview. Maybe it's the fact that the undergraduate degree I have bears the stigma of the liberal arts, i.e., it saith, to the unenlightened, "I did nothing nothing useful in college". Maybe it's the fact that I'm 23. I mean, old people sue for age descrimination, but to be honest, for all I can tell, they're not the ones who actually suffer from that sort of thing in the working world. Sometimes I think people see my birthyear and think, "Goodness, in 1985 I was (insert adult activity here) - she couldn't know what she was doing. That's just crazy young."
So, I am rather torn, here. Do I stall myself out in the job hunt, out of a preference for a "career" I'm (hopefully) not going to keep all that long? Or, rather, do I just knuckle under and apply for some pathetic secretarial job I may very well end up hating?
Hmmmmmm . . .
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Patience, my dear, patience.
Getting a job is a waiting game. You put the word out and wait for it to come back (giving your contacts a chirp after two weeks to let them know you're still looking and ask if THEY're still looking)
For you, the age discrimination theory is bull. They don't care about how old you are, they only care about what kind of experience you have.
You may need to apply for that pathetic secretarial position, but trust me, you will not stay there long. No one is going to keep someone sweeping floors who can manage a department. Companies are quick to move up those who show promise. AND EVERYONE STARTS AT THE BOTTOM. You learn the company from the BOTTOM and move your way UP. That's the way it works.
And, uh, getting along with the people there is pretty much very important. Seems to me the #1 cause of people not keeping jobs is not getting along.
My three cents. Got to get back to work.
Although there are several points I would contest in the comment above, Tasik, I'm not in a fighting mood today. I know, *gasps of shock* - ME, not in a fighting mood? Nope, I'm not. I'm in more of a "took a three hour nap and still want to be asleep" kind of mood right now, so I'm currently in a rare state of sleepy docility. Therefore, you shall go uncontested, at least for the timebeing.
I did, however, want to inform you that despite being up against some 10 other people for a half-time library position, all of whom were present face-to-face while I was only interviewing on the phone, I was enthusiastically offered a job yesterday. However, they want me to start in about three weeks, and after Matt and I crunched and re-crunched our numbers, we've more or less decided that the couple grand we lose from moving that soon would not really be worth the half-time employment, however interesting and convenient the job may have been. I haven't called to tell them that yet - they gave me until tomorrow, so I'm stalling to make it seem like I'm really giving it every chance I can. However, it looks like I may be back to the drawing board once again, despite this small, unexpected triumph.
*SIGH*
ok well I'll enjoy it while I may, whilst ribbing you some more.
hah.
See? You even have Phone Presence, which most humans lack. Don't discount that.
Toooooold yooooooou.
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