OMG so true! I have been saying this for a long time see when I say it, it's a huge *** problem from other people. Surprisingly, nobody hasn't chewed you out yet.

"On a related note, people are made to take the same workshops over and over, on "how to write a resume", "how to dress for an interview", etc. etc. etc. Use spell check, don't lie, don't wear worn out clothes to the interview, etc. etc. etc. Just follow these steps."

You'd think by following these steps one would have already landed a job, right? I was/still am being told to go back to the workshops or hand over a career counselor my resume not handing ****! I did give a career counselor made it clear I wasn't changing anything she just looked at me. I did have to add a job that was temp only lasted 10 days onto my resume to show I did do work on top of my current job. Other than that, those are the only changes I did.

I am still working on speaking better, clearly, and coherently in interviews I stumble way too much on my words it looks like English is my 2nd language when it isn't!

"I mean if people can't find work, they are always told they need to work on their resumes or what's "wrong" with them. It is NOT YOU, it's our system/mindset, along with so many other factors like Corporate America's obsession with their profits."

Thank you!! I still get told work on your resume, nope, nothing wrong with it! I still get employers either calling or emailing me, so what the hell is wrong with my resume? I get told by managers/recruiters that my resume is "so written professionally or beautifully," "that I should look an awesome match" which is why they offer manager jobs to me at times which I have zero interest in. All of that talk yet I am never a match for their position(s).

"Stuff like "think positive" and "work hard" are oversimplifications of getting by and being successful here.

Hence, I devour my dystopian novels where the U.S. no longer exists, it's a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Even the rich don't exist anymore. I find these books to be an outlet, as I see the direction this country is going in as frightening to say the least. The stuff in these novels are plausible, really."

I agree while there is nothing wrong with thinking positive why is it still taking a long *** time to get employed anywhere?! It took me over 30 interviews to land a job then they let me go in a short amount of time and now I am back to my part time job until I find another full time job. It does get to the point that I am so tired of hearing "think positive" when I should already be at the goal post by now! I need substance, answers, and some sort of direction yet nobody in the workforce can't seem to point me to the right direction of moving forward in a quicker amount of time. Still getting those I don't know answers or just find something - nah, I don't need to find something; I need something that is sustainable, attainable, with value, with something that will peak my interest and will provide me to live off. I want something that is new and interesting to me so I can move on quickly and not keep waiting - what part of that is hard for people to understand?

Those novels wouldn't doubt it might be true in those novels after all.

The best part is when the idiots say go see a recruiter....really? Saw quite a bit and had my time wasted like no tomorrow! All it was just talk I don't want to talk dammit get me a job today, in five minutes, or tomorrow so I can move on. Why are we wasting time talking and not putting any action to it?!? Why is this so damn hard?! So tired of this **** how many more headaches does one need to keep going? There's way too much time being wasted. I got advice from a campus counselor on my situation she said 'we gotta work harder than the whites,' I didn't come there to hear that! I need to go the extra mile in my dept really? I have already done that the extra mile for me is getting a full time job she knows it's very hard within a college environment now to get a full time and she knows I have zero plans on waiting.