4 months after graduation still no job 😭
I'm spiraling, I keep losing my confidence 😭 I would be motivated to learn for a while then disappear going back to rut 😭
22-25, M
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ninalanyon · 61-69, T
It took me over a year following graduation to find a job that properly used my experience. While waiting for both ideas and jobs to turn up I took a job as an electronics test technician. It was a very good decision because it gave me experience of working on the shop floor and that was very helpful in later jobs designing test and design machinery and software. But when it comes to using what I had learnt doing my actual degree that didn't happen for nearly twenty years.
So you don't necessarily need to just tread water while looking for the perfect job. You might be able to take on some easier to obtain kind of job in the meantime, and that job might well change your mind about what you want to do..
So you don't necessarily need to just tread water while looking for the perfect job. You might be able to take on some easier to obtain kind of job in the meantime, and that job might well change your mind about what you want to do..
DustyPotato · 22-25, M
@ninalanyon Thanks, I actually also want to be a technician, I enjoyed during my OJT, I just don't have qualifications like certificates and stuff since my course only focused on coding so my only certificates are for coding.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@DustyPotato It rather depends on what the job is. For some jobs it is a legal requirement to have a certain certificate. But for others it's just an easy way for the employer to filter the applicants. But the US has relatively low unemployment now so if you have the right experience an employer might not mind that you don't have the correct qualification. In my case (almost half a century ago and in a different country) I had no specific qualification as an electronics technician but I had ten years experience of electronics as a hobby and three years of having to design and build my own experimental gear at university. That got me to the interview and being able to answer relevant questions got me the job.
Don't give up and don't look for perfection in yourself, the job, or the employer. Remember this is just the first step in a long and successful career so you needn't expect it to be a forever job.
Don't give up and don't look for perfection in yourself, the job, or the employer. Remember this is just the first step in a long and successful career so you needn't expect it to be a forever job.
Browneyesarebest79 · 41-45, F
4meAndyou · F
Many colleges and universities have job placement programs. If your college has no such thing, contact major corporations near you and ask them about their UNPAID intern programs. Working as a intern gets your foot in the door, and gives you and opportunity to kick a$$ in the job while learning. When you show off your awesome work ethic, you will be top of mind when they are looking to hire PAID employees!
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ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@Gingerbreadspice Why would one work when one is supposed to be studying? Is that why a US bachelor's degree typically takes four years when in England we do it in three? I could not have held down a job while studying; both the job and the study would have been done to a lower standard than necessary.
Gingerbreadspice · F
@ninalanyon I’m from England too. A lot of students work and study these days, especially when they’re living in their Uni city.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@Gingerbreadspice Then they have my sympathy because apart from being heavily in debt at the end of it they must surely be exhausted. Not to mention that they must find it difficult to find time and energy for meeting people studying other subjects. I got my degree in the 'good old days' (1977) when the state paid not only tuition fees but also a maintenance grant. I graduated with no debts, in fact i think I might have had about fifty quid in the bank.
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@MaBalzEsHari Soon there will be plenty of available jobs picking lettuce
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robertsnj · 56-60, M
yeah every grad (self included) has this. the disconnect is the employers desire for experience and a degree----
the short solution is to take a crappy job, relate the experience from it to a more professional environment, (time committments, KPI's ect) and try to fit in a year or so down the road after graduation.
short answer take a crappy job, get experience try to refit into a white collar world at a later point.
the short solution is to take a crappy job, relate the experience from it to a more professional environment, (time committments, KPI's ect) and try to fit in a year or so down the road after graduation.
short answer take a crappy job, get experience try to refit into a white collar world at a later point.
scorpio611 · 41-45, M
DustyPotato · 22-25, M
@scorpio611 Any entry or trainee level job that is related to IT. 😔😭
Captainjackass · 31-35, M
@BittersweetPotato maybe you can help a fellow potato out.
Moneyonmymind · 31-35, M
Moneyonmymind · 31-35, M
@DustyPotato usually with anything IT related they want certifications on top of a degree
DustyPotato · 22-25, M
@Moneyonmymind I notice that too, and I barely have any. :'>
Moneyonmymind · 31-35, M
@DustyPotato that’s one reason why I stopped applying to It jobs myself, I now work in healthcare