unemployed
i'm starting to get quite stressed about not having a job for when i leave here. none of my museum jobs have come through for me. i think i was pretty naive thinking that i would be able to get whatever my dream job was. because if i felt i was that perfect for a job, everyone else would see that too and want to hire me. but that little thing called "experience" keeps getting in my way. no one seems to want me...it's depressing. i've been in school now for about 20 years trying to make myself a better and better person, and all these people want is someone who has not spent their time in school becoming more educated, but instead someone with that damned experience.
i've broken down and switched to my backup plan of applying for teaching positions at community colleges and prepatory high schools. but guess what? they all want experience too!
tell me please...how am i supposed to get this experience if no one will hire me? sure, i could work for free, but what am i supposed to do about rent and health insurance? i keep joking that working at crate & barrel is always an option, but i'm afraid that it will soon be my only option.
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ah, the cosmic dilemma. i've always had this problem, too, meis.(b/c i'm school-oriented as well). it's so ridiculous. how am i supposed to get experience if no one will hire me so i can get experience?! it's the classic catch 22: you need experience to get a job, but you need a job to get experience. why don't people see how silly this is and just hire us?!?!
Posted by: nas | April 12, 2006 07:17 PM