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.