The Categories of: JOB
I seriously want a job.
Today I went to the Career Cal Job Fair, and it was awful. Just terrible. How is it possible that I spent the last five years of my life working my ass off so I could get a double major from one of the best universities in the world, and I can't find a job doing what I love? At the fair, there were basically ZERO jobs for linguists or for French majors. Once I realized this God-awful-fact, I went into a state of almost-panic and flirted with the idea of becoming a high-school teacher. (Which, by the way, was the only job I was qualified to apply for according to the Job Fair).
I quickly discarded this idea, as it was a really bad one: I do NOT want to teach high schoolers. I never have wanted to. I hated high school, why would I want to go back?
Every job that I have seen basically falls under these three categories:
a- Teach
b- Need some sort of Business degree
c- Only need high school diploma. Doesn't pay a living stipend
I don’t know what to do anymore. I have applied to what seems like a million jobs since this semester started and nothing, nada, rien. Merdeeeeeeee.
4 comments:
Margaret! Look! I trouved your blog! And how funny that just today you wrote about your "future anxiety" tambien! I completely identify with all of the feelings you expressed (except the not wanting to teach high schoolers because, hey, I'm going to do that). Job Fairs at this school are evil little productions designed to make business, econ and engineering majors feel even more special than they already do. I have so many depressing/enraging stories from my last 10 months of job searching that perhaps I should devote another blog entry to this subject myself. The important thing that I am trying to remember is that no lack of job options will ever make me feel anything other than proud of the work I've done. You get to be even more proud because you studied something hard and almost math-y! :-)
Marguerite...you must remember one thing: job fairs are not a true representation of the kinds of jobs that exist in the world! True, there really isn't any kind of job that lets you talk in French all day while perusing a phonology problem, except for a linguistics PhD, which isn't really a job. There are so many more interesting and fulfilling jobs out there than what the Career Center would have you think, because the only people that have recruiters to go to college job fairs are really big companies and organizations. I know that people with our types of majors have more difficulties, and it's terribly frustrating, but I know you're going to find something that you love doing. Just don't let the Career Center scare you, because I told you that they are a waste of your time :) and don't settle for something that you don't enjoy. Even if it takes a long time. I know you'll thank yourself later (even though I'm not graduating yet and don't really know anything...)
Thanks girls. I know you are right.
Hey, that "merdeeee" didn't have all those e's before...
Now you have a job!!!!!!!
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