"mazda616" (mazda616)
08/06/2014 at 19:22 • Filed to: jobs
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"mazda616" (mazda616)
08/06/2014 at 19:22 • Filed to: jobs | 1
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You know what's ALMOST as much fun as going on countless interviews and being rejected time and time again?
Writing "follow-up" letters asking what I did wrong and what I can improve upon only to be ignored time and time again.
Come on, people. I've accepted that you aren't going to hire me. At least state what you didn't like so I can try to change that and appeal to someone else. Ugh.
Whoever said getting a job is the hardest job you'll ever have sure said a mouthful.
Here, have a pic of Car and Driver's MazdaSpeed 5 for your time.
HammerheadFistpunch
> mazda616
08/06/2014 at 19:25 |
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boss wagon...i get it
AM3R
> mazda616
08/06/2014 at 19:27 |
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What kind of job are you looking for?
I know the feel. If it helps, after getting rejected twice I found a sweet job with a better company + better pay. Hang in there and you'll find the right fit it definitely takes time.
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mazda616
> AM3R
08/06/2014 at 19:29 |
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I have a Bachelor's Degree in Corporate and Organizational Communication, so I'm looking for anything office/HR/PR/advertising/sales related. But, jobs in general in my area are beyond hard to come by and I cannot relocate. So, there's that. I got fired in April and haven't found anything yet.
Not for lack of trying, though. I've applied to around eighty-five jobs.
Captain_Spadaro
> mazda616
08/06/2014 at 19:35 |
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I've been there so many times it is't funny. I don't bother with follow-up letters, though.
RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire
> mazda616
08/06/2014 at 19:46 |
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85? ... was gonna say hang in there, but damn ...
dogisbadob
> mazda616
08/06/2014 at 19:54 |
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I like when entry level jobs require 3-5 years experience
Snooder87
> mazda616
08/07/2014 at 20:44 |
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85 since April is nothing. You should be capable of applying to at least 10 jobs a week. That's 2 a day with breaks on weekends. There have been 13 weeks since the end of april. So you should have hit 130 applications.
And that's on a relatively soft course of two a day weekdays only. Step it up to even 5 a day, plus weekends and you'll have hit 455 applications.
Sure, they may not be 455 jobs open in your area, but expand out a hundred miles or so (far enough to drive for a random interview) and you'll see more availability.
Especially since you don't have to worry about focusing on a specific career path with your degree. Anything that just needs a warm body in a cubicle is right up your alley.
I'm not saying this to rag on you, just pointing how the math favors a constant and steady application of effort in your job search.
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Snooder87
> dogisbadob
08/07/2014 at 20:45 |
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Just lie, they expect it anyway. Pad out every meaningless internship as a year or half a year of experience.
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mazda616
> Snooder87
08/07/2014 at 21:12 |
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There are only a limited number of jobs in my area. And I cannot relocate. No way. I have an 82-year-old grandmother I help take care of and no other surviving relatives close by. I have applied to every available job in my area.