Alright, so here's what my general "plan of action" was after graduation....
1. Pack up life in Whipple (sniff sniff)
2. Move back to Arlington (briefly)
3. Unpack
4. Spend a week or two hanging around Arlington, visit friends and family, etc.
5. Get a job in early June in Winchester
6. Go on my merry way in the Real World (RW)
Aw, that's cute Jo. You had a little plan and everything - here's a cookie. Unfortunately, the cookie's not worth shit. And evidently neither are two degrees from Virginia Tech, decent work experience, and a good gpa. COOL! I worked my butt off in college for nothing.
I have submitted dozens and dozens of resumes, created length profiles on a buttload of company and job search websites, and have heard zippo. Bite me, RW.
I'm blaming part of my unsuccessfulness on the crappy economy and the fact that nobody's hiring and that people with more experience who were laid of from another job are getting the jobs I'm applying for. But it still sucks.
Not that I miiind not having to get up early to go to work. But I kinda like work - I like having coworkers and solving problems and going on lunch breaks and coming home at the end of the day to spend time with my family and friends. I don't mind that the new work day is 8:30-5:30, although I think it's cheating if company's are still paying the same but for more hours.
So I'm 4 weeks out of college, and this is pretty much what every day is like for me:
9:30 am - wake up
10:00 am - breakfast: Cheerios and COFFEE
10:45 am - tennis with my Mom
12:00 pm - watch the French Open on TV/job search
12:30 pm - eat lunch
1:00 pm - walk Zoe, the 8 month old German Shepard puppy for $10 a day
1:45 pm - return home, let my dog Sandy sniff me, then appologize for going to see another dog by playing with her
2:00 pm - shower
2:30 pm - more job searching
3:30 pm - get frustrated with lack of job searching success, so either watch TV, do a sudoku, browse icanhascheezburger.com, stalk facebook, or take a nap
5:30 pm - do something random and dumb because I'm bored
6:30 pm - eat dinner
7:30 pm - watch TV
11:00 pm - go to bed
I'm bored and I want a job.
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2 comments:
You'll find a job, Jo! Having the summer off wouldn't be so bad - you have the rest of your life to work!
P.S. nice layout :-P
I'm gonna agree with Rose - that job for you is out there! In the meantime, I know how your boredom feels. My work told me to take a month off before coming back. So at the end of the first week home, I was begging my mother for chores and other things that needed to be done.
But I hope you find something soon!
By the way, I linked your blog to mine. Rose had told me that I should create one before I left school, and I got so bored yesterday that I decided to follow her instructions finally.
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