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First Post-Grad Job

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Landing any paying job during this pandemic feels like a diamond in the rough, but what if this diamond isn’t your dream job? Then comes the obvious questions, Is this what I should be doing? Is this enough pay for me? Am I settling? After spending four years as an English major, trust me when I say “job” and “career” are synonyms but one does not depend on the other. It’s ok if your first post grad job isn’t related to your degree. 

This first post-grad job might help get your foot into the work world, and make connections, but you shouldn’t stress about it.  It does not determine your success in your future career. 

When you make plans sometimes the universe laughs.  The typical plan we’ve all drawn in our minds is to go to college, then intern, and right after graduation climb to the top of the corporate latter. This is all supposed to be done by the age of 25. While this sounds fantastic, no-one ever does it, except for those lifetime movies. Any many grads, like myself, are proof it never happens. You can’t be so wrapped up in that plan, life happens. Sometimes obstacles and detours interrupt. Sometimes what you might find is the course you actually are going is better.

You should also understand everyone is going through the same struggles. College grads everywhere are having trouble finding a job related to their degree. During this bleak job market, You are not in this alone. 

Your first-post grad job is a learning experience. Still take time to fantasize about your dream job, and do what you love. This is not the end of your journey, in fact, this is just the beginning. 

A Pandemic sprinkled with Post-Grad Depression

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The transition from college to the real world hit me like a truck. There were no more “Congratulations” balloons. They were replaced with daunting questions, like “What are you doing next?”, “When are you going to get a job?”, and my favorite “ When are you going to move out of your parent’s house?”

I had no answers, and my future was in limbo. I began to worry about my shaky future, what did it look like if I couldn’t answer those questions? The pandemic certainly didn’t help, because it gave me time to question and to think about every decision I had ever made. I spent half of my nights in tears, and the other half looking up at the ceiling wondering why I even went to college?

It all became too much. I started to hate seeing family members, and old friends. I even started to hate social media, because only on social media I could compare others lives to mine. They were progressing, and I wasn’t. It felt like everyone’s life was moving, while mine was at a standstill. 

I was rejected by the only thing millennials are good at, social media, but not only was I rejected by social media. I was rejected by countless jobs. Due to the pandemic, jobs were not handing out entry level positions. I always had this “go to college, get a job, and get married to prince charming” plan. It was an overwhelming sadness that my plan wasn’t being executed. I was feeling emotions that I didn’t understand, nor could I control. I felt as if I was in the ocean, in the middle of a storm without a lifejacket. I remember telling myself “If I die now it’ll be easier because people will remember me for my past accomplishments, not what I didn’t complete.” 

It was bad. I was not okay. I’m still not okay somedays, but I have come to the conclusion where I am in life, is where I am supposed to be. I cannot rush my timeline. The wonderful job, and Prince Charming will come and it will be even sweeter because I truly had patience.

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