It's typical for mangers to never call you back if they're uninterested in you or your résumé. Personally I feel that this is discourteous and extremely unprofessional. But that is the standard right now. Your college however should have a different standard. They should notify you with your current application status and schedule an interview. I think that you should make a few phone calls yourself to follow up with this college. Academic advisers and counselors are, in my experience, very lazy people. If someone is unhelpful that's okay. Simply move on from there and continue advocating for yourself. It's just a matter of finding that one person who is willing and eager to help. Everything should look promising after that so please don't become discouraged, okay?
As for how your parents react, and feeling like you can't win, I really sympathize. Not everyone can juggle school with a full time job. Some people can. Even when people can handle both, affordable housing is just out of reach. Right now I've found someone to split rent with should I become employed, and we'll still be unable to afford any apartment within the one-hundred twenty miles that we've searched. Most people are quite frankly, too far removed from the situation to understand the difficulties.
For one reason or the other your parents treat you in a way that which is making you feel upset. Despite whatever the reason, they need to be told that what they are doing is hurtful. Maybe you could tell them that,
"I love you, and I need your help. I'm struggling to find a job right now. But I am trying to find employment. Telling me to just get a job is hurtful. Please be respectful of me and my feelings. Please respect that an honest effort is being made here. We need to work together and be there to help each other. Maybe you could help me by discussing the ways that I could become more independent. Asking why I don't have a job yet isn't helpful to either of us."
These discussions aren't suited for everyone. Please take a moment to consider whether or not sitting down and discussing your feelings with them would be right for you. Different people have different mindsets. Some parents simply do not care. They could care less whether or not a child is trying. They just want them out of the house and gone. Even if that means forcibly evicting a person and making them homeless. Some parents just wish that their whoopsie baby never existed. While some people are disillusioned and believe that if you don't have a job then you just aren't trying hard enough. If you find that these discussions cannot help then I do recommend speaking with a therapist immediately. There are ways to cope and continue. Please hang in there.
Last edited by TheTimelessness; Oct 31, 2012 at 10:55 AM.
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