Today, I submitted my 208th job application in less than a year, and went to my 83rd and 84th interviews, only to be told once again that I'm over-qualified for the first, and under-qualified for the second. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I have put in many job applications and had many interviews for a variety of positions all of which I am highly qualified for. Today, I heard back from all but one that I am overqualified. Welcome to Walmart. FML
Today, I've applied to 300 jobs in the past 4 months, gotten 7 interview, 2 of which have gone to a third round and I'm still unemployed. FML
Today, I'm at the unique point in my schooling that I'm either extremely overqualified or extremely underqualified for every job opportunity that appeals to me. FML
Today, I received a series of rejection letters from jobs, one after the other. Last night, I stayed up into the wee morning hours to apply to campus jobs I'm not qualified for, because I was classified as a part-time student due to an administrative error. FML
Today, I have applied to over 50 different jobs in the last month. I have NOT received a call or email back from any of them. FML
Today, I eagerly applied for a high-salary, fully supportive graduate program that I qualified for. There were 5 steps in the application process. I was turned down after the first one. FML
Today, I went on my 56th job interview since graduating from college 3 months ago. I am 31 years old and I spent 11 years in college. I only graduated with a Bachelor's Degree after all those years, but I am still not qualified for anything due to how long it took me to complete my degree. FML
Today, my application for a holiday role at a department store was declined because I was "not as qualified as some other candidates." I worked this exact same job at this exact same store last year. FML
Today, I discovered out of the 20 job applications only one job called me for an interview. They told me to leave after two sentences. FML
Today, while waiting for an interview at the career that I've been spending months tailoring my résumé for, I was thrown up on by my only competitor. Guess who got the job. FML
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Top comments
ihasbrains 10
Good luck with your next one, OP.
Llamassss 21
Well, that's what happens when you apply to McDonalds and Harvard.
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Comments (125)
shiftless 8
Time to start lying at these interviews
bizarre_ftw 22
Then take some shit off your resumé
artmastr 0
Whoever the idiot was that said you were overqualified no one apply there.
softballrocks14 0
How could you be "overqualified"?
asherm 15
This is why I'm staying in military even though I don't know if I want 12 more yrs of this! It's a job w/ benefits anyway. Good luck finding a job to everyone unemployed!!
taytaylal 11
Op im glad there are people like you who dont just sit aroud at home and cry how tey dont have any money/job. you actually try your hardest and i respect that. i hope you get a job(:
extreemguy19 7
I moderated this! Fyl op, that blows.
slyace 9
Wow thats extremely rough. Im hoping for the best of luck. FYL
kittles90 2
Let's stop with the pitty parties.. Shesh... Quit complaining and keep looking!
missmae21 0
Its okay u gotta long way to go i applied for 667 jobs. Got 3 call backs n 1 hire. This economy is just crap.
hastobeajoke 5
I'm glad to hear you got a job! Goes to show, there's still hope!