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
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I got my first job after having spent months looking, and graduating college in the meantime. I got it based on my pre-college qualifications. FML
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
Today, it's the third anniversary of when I started looking for a new job. I'm still working at the job that made me want to get a new one and I haven't even had an interview for another one in almost two years. My Master's degree on the wall is looking more and more like a roll of toilet paper. 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 had my first job interview since graduating from university. The person who interviewed me informed me that not using my degree after two years practically makes it null and void. I guess instead of being a financial advisor at the company, I could always be a janitor there. FML
Today, after three and a half years of working dead-end jobs with a bachelor's degree, I got a call from a potential employer in my degree field, who wanted to set up an interview. The problem: the interview is across the country, and I'm too broke to pay the travel expenses. FML
Today, my cousin got hired after six days of job-hunting. I graduated from university six months ago and haven't even scored a single interview; he's a deadbeat junkie who just got out of prison after doing time for armed robbery. FML
Today, it’s been 3 weeks since I had an interview for an internship this summer. I’ve applied to over 40 internships over the past 6 months, and this was the only interview I’ve had. I banked my entire summer on this. FML
Today, my sister started a full-time job with a good pay despite having no prior work experience and being a college freshman. Meanwhile, I've graduated with two degrees, have been working two jobs for the last five years, and still can't get a full-time position anywhere. FML
Today, it's been months since I graduated university. I still haven't managed to land a single interview. Meanwhile my brother recently woke up from a week long bender, realized he had no money for weed, went out, and 4 days later landed a well paid sales job 15 minutes from home. FML
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AmbrosiaFan 19
Why did it take you that long?
Pierre Louis Hery 5
As an employer or someone responsible for hiring, i'd not hire someone who took 11years to complete a 3years programm. It's obvious this won't be efficient and a company is all about efficiency no matter what they tell you.
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Sonotsuave 37
Honestly unless there were medical issues in the way or emergencies that somehow took several years, I don’t really know what else to say. They shouldn’t discriminate based on the length of time jt took to complete your degree, esp. if there was a serious reason or financial explanations, but if there weren’t, that’s kinda on you
Draikon 6
It is not discrimination... "the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex." It is not unjust or prejudicial, it is evaluating. Unless there are very valid reasons for it taking 12 years, it should most certainly be seen as a red flag for a future employer, and 56 interviews and none of them resulting in a job also says quite alot. You aren't owed or deserve a job simply for existing...
mixedupminx 8
I know the sentiment... After finishing 4 degrees I wasn't able to find a job. Just last week I got recruited for a job! So, keep hope:)
bosniangirl27 21
Why did it take you that long? What the heck were you doing?
EmDizzle2007 28
my loooovin'...
kdmittens 9
getting a job is tougher than a degree you will go through maybe a hundred applications and interviews .. than get a job and just mention year of graduating ONLY on your cv... not when you joined college and dont talk about your 11 yr long degree journey unless asked emphasize more on your skillset rather than education on your CV
ntoll1 15
I feel your pain. I spent all this time in college to become a teacher. Even after my Master's, I was still unable to get a teaching job.
stormy0307 16
I find 56 interviews is 3 months highly unlikely. Maybe 56 applications submitted if you were applying to all the help wanted signs you saw in the window, but not 56 interviews. I would say you might want to apply to some other sort of field or find some training on how to conduct an interview if no offers have arrived after 56 interviews m. Sometimes it takes a while to graduate. I’m a civil engineer and most of us were averaging 5-7 years to graduate what was supposed to be a 4 year program. If you lived on campus and didn’t have a job you could pull it off in 5. Otherwise it would take 6-7.
Miss Beep 14
To the idiots that don't understand that just because your life has made it possible, doesn't mean it should be for everybody: Some people can't live at home while going to school so they have to work full time/multiple jobs to just get by. Plus, it takes a minimum of 4 years if you go full time (15 credit hours per semester, spring and fall) which can be a lot depending on what you're in school for. Some courses take an insane amount of work and studying to the point that someone who works at all can't feasibly complete 15 credit hours of very challenging courses on top of iternships/any other aspect of life. Others also have family to take care of and devote a lot of time to that. Point is, things aren't always easy and straightforward so give OP a break. He/she/they/whatever's not offensive didn't give up, despite the fact that it took so long. That's something to be admired.
Danielle Zion Gadsden 15
As a person who took 6 years to get an AA I understand. Sh*t happens sometimes. For me, it was a medical condition I have been dealing with for my whole life. And it's this condition that stops me from keeping a job longer than 6 months. My advice, don't give up. You didn't on your Bachelor's, don't let it stop you from getting a job.
bigdaddyeric 37
11 years of Mommy and Daddy paying the bills is my guess, once they cut you off you miraculously graduated!!