Do you know what isn’t talked about enough? How difficult it is to find a job post college. When I was younger, I thought I would graduate college with a degree, apply to a few jobs and be employed. Being older I now see how naive I was to think that it would be that easy. What I didn’t anticipate was the pile of “Thank you for your interest, but other candidates matched what we are looking for better” emails I would get. Since graduating in May on 2021 I have applied to 11 places and have either been rejected or have not heard a single thing back (this excludes my internship with The Music Hall I did this past summer).
The application and interviewing process is very taxing on one’s mental health and self-esteem, as I have unfortunately learned. Getting emails saying that you don’t fit the bill or just no email at all hits the ego hard and it’s not easy to recover from. I just received an email this morning (I will not name the company) and was told that after reviewing my application, other people are more qualified for the position, and they didn’t even interview me. How do they really know if I would fit in if they never even meet me? This was a hard one to swallow because I feel like I wasn’t even given a fair chance. Hiring people I think are forgetting that there are actual people on the other end of the resumes; the pandemic has really desensitized us to basic human decency and the ones applying for jobs are feeling it deeply. I really don’t understand the ones who just ghost you, like no response back after an interview. If I didn’t get the job, just tell me! It’s not that hard. Although rejection emails are disappointing, I rather get those than nothing at all.
Application after application, interview after interview, I am so defeated and frustrated. I actually had to take a break for a few weeks from job hunting because it was damaging my mental health. I’m not being picky, I mean I have to be in some way because I can’t do physical labor and answering phones isn’t a strong suit of mine, but you would think at least one out of the 11 would have worked out.
I will probably take another break from applying to jobs for a while, focus on this blog more, it’s just not a good feeling to be trying this much and not have a job. Who knows, maybe I’ll get lucky and something completely random will pan out for me, but for this moment, my spirit needs a rest.
A Girl With a Rare Disorder 
Stay strong beautiful, someone will see your potential and amazingness!!!❤❤❤❤
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The right one just hasn’t come along. I found this though It takes 21 to 80 job applications to get one job offer, on average. The average corporate job opening receives roughly 250 applications. (Dec 2021) So don’t be discouraged- you will find the right one and you will be great!
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Hi Rosie Hang in there….. time will prove positive along with persistence. Those who don’t even reply are those you probably don’t want to work with. They are rude from the get go. What are they going to be like within the work force? Probably not very nice. You are capable and a good person. The right job will eventually fall into place. We are still in a work force of confusion due to the past couple of years.
On Sat, Apr 2, 2022 at 12:21 PM A Girl With a Rare Disorder wrote:
> agirlwithararedisorder posted: ” Do you know what isn’t talked about > enough? How difficult it is to find a job post college. When I was younger, > I thought I would graduate college with a degree, apply to a few jobs and > be employed. Being older I now see how naive I was to think that it ” >
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