Please tell me I'm not alone on this

I've been looking for a new job for months now. This was before I started to not really like my current job anymore. I've been doing it because I graduated college and need a full time job. However, it feels almost impossible. I know, the economy is bad, and jobs are scarce right now, but I just feel like I'm not good enough to do anything worthwhile. I got out of college with the dream to work in television or radio, and have been hopeful up until recently. I'm to the point where I feel like I'm wasting my time sending my resume out, and I thought I knew what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, but now I'm not sure.

What makes matters worse is my family. Apparently, I'm a loser because I have not found a full time job yet. Seriously, they all act like I should have landed something by now, which I do agree, but it seems impossible. I've even asked my dad and one of my sisters what they think I would be good at doing full time, since I am very inconfident in my ability, and their answers were that they don't know because they think I wouldn't even be able to handle working as a cashier in a supermarket. Nice, huh? So what does that leave me? Pumping gas? Staying where I work now? I am definitely too educated to keep this up. I just wish this was one of those situations where I have to keep proving everyone wrong, because I have been doing that my entire life about practically everything.

Don't you worry, you're NOT alone on this here scenario!

I have to say, I'm not done with college, but I DO have my Technician's Certificate, and even with that, I can't find a job anywhere. Where I live, there's not a single position at fast foods restaurants, gas stations, or even supermarkets! I'm a college student, so I need the money. Rather than full-time, I'm looking for whatever I can get, be it part-time, or weekends only.

In my house, my parents (which I have to live with because I can't afford an apartment) also see me as a slacker, even though my father, which is the primary burden-seeker in the household, has been with me when I go give in my resumés and try to impress the employers with whatever I can offer them. I'm stuck right now until I find a way to make money that would look good on a resumé for a future full-time job. And it's not just the part-times... Full-times are gone too from PR, forcing me to stay in my vicious circle. And if I can't find full-times, I'd rather get part-times, where I can study while earning some money at least.

There are study-work programs in college, but they, too, are full. Hopefully next year I'll go back to my previous college (when I finish paying off the debt of my last apartment there), and hopefully I'll apply months before the semester begins. That's my only salvation at the moment that I've managed to find...

I know how horrible it is to have people breathing up and down your neck, demeaning you and making you feel worthless because you just haven't had luck. All I can say is: Hold on, keep trying, and get whatever job you can while an opening on a TV or Radio Station appears. That way, you're working somewhere where you're actually making money and an image to keep your family off of your back, while looking for your dream job, which will be there when the time is right.

Hi Mak;

It takes time to find the right job, the last time I was looking it took me 1 1/2 years to find one. Family can make you feel that you can't do anything, I know that is the way I feel now, I'm going to hate to look for a new job myself. So no, you are not alone with the feelings you have!
See if you can find another part time job you may like, and try looking into local radio stations to see about interning there, it would get your foot in the door, or even your local tv stations.

Good luck, the one thing you have to do, is say to heck with what others say, I can do anything I set my mind to, and I will be darn good at it.

Oh, believe me you are not alone. Don't put yourself down it is ruff out there for everyone right now.

My d-i-l graduated with a degree in communications over a year ago and still hasn't found a media job where she lives. While in college she worked for an independent news station. So not only did she have a degree but experience too. It didn't help. It's a very tough field to get into.

After being unemployed for almost a year she just now found a job. She is working in an office scheduling deliveries. Quite a bit different than being the next Oprah.

Try adjusting your dream for the time being. Perhaps you can put some of those great skills you learned in college to work in another area.

Hang on to your dream. Never let go. It's just that the road to success may have a few extra twists and turns than you originally planned on.

I quit work to become a full-time stay at home single mother waay back in 1986. I looked for full time work for many years after my now 22 y/o son moved out. I worked for temp services for the most part-this search started in 2004, I didn't find anything until 2006 other than temp work. Don't give up Mak! I am now working in Salt Lake City. We have a lot of movies filmed here. Maybe a change of scenery would do you good??? You can check the classifieds here by going to the Salt Lake Tribune's website if it sounds interesting??? not sure what you're major is...

Better times are coming Mak....Miriam

You are so not alone!

Peter

Hi Mak, I am sorry that your family says hurtful things.... My cousin never gave up on finding a job in his field. Years later he finally got it and loves it. Can you do any "free-lance" work? Get a video recorder, get a story and then take it to a TV station (or YouTube)? (Or is this not the work that you are looking for?) How about volunteering or doing an internship?

You aren't alone.

I have a psych degree and lost my job a month or 2 ago. I applied for some jobs. Got hired and fired before I even started the new jobs. One wasn't in my field and I was responsible for not getting the job after i was hired.

The other was a retail job I thought would be fun. Just working in a tobacco and wine shop. I interviewed, was hired, went in for my first day and was told that the owner had realized (or changed his mind, I don't know) he could only offer 6 hrs a week.

I'm thinking that working in my field isn't what I want to do anymore. I've worked in my field for probably 8-10 yrs. and now i want to do something else.

I'm thinking of ways to work for myself. Do you have any interest in working for yourself? I bet you have skills, talents or whatever that you can use to your advantage. Maybe something that no one realizes you can do or have an interest in...If that's something that you're interested in that is.

I'm good for brainstorming and that kind of thing, usually. If you want to chat or whatever, feel free to contact me.

Just remember the economy sucks, the job market sucks, and possibly, the way to finding a job / income may be to do something not ordinarily thought of as part of the job searching process. Maybe, one should do something a little less typical or a little out of the ordinary with their job search.

Mak.don't give up, keep at it and your family is not being supportive. Do you want to stay in your current area or go else where? something will come your way and you will know if it is for you or not. i'll support you and you already know that PC will..good luck.........pj56..........xxoo

I'm employed, but I know how you feel. Sometimes I feel inadequate even with support.You are not alone. Keep on looking.Good luck.

MM

Thanks everyone! I have been looking a bit over the past few days, and I found a few jobs I want to send my resume out to. So keep your fingers crossed me. Yeah, as soon as I make enough money to leave home, I will. I don't even want to live in this area anymore because it's the middle of nowhere.

And I guess maybe you could say this is funny a bit. At least I do now, but did not at the time it happened. I actually got hired to work at Subway (The sandwich shop) almost a year ago. I got trained and everything, and they fired me on my first official day after 2 hours. They never told me why, although I think it's because I was too slow and kind of quiet, and they had the nerve to do it via text message on my cell phone a few hours after they told me I could leave. So in a way, I guess that was a favor to me because that is not a way to deal with your employees. Plus, I did not get paid for the 4 hours I trained because I didn't last a month, which is BS.

So then, a couple of days later, I called up the place I currently work at, and have been there since. Again, I'm not happy with the work I do because cleaning on a daily basis is not fun, but at least I work for some good people. I have recently gotten a raise there, so it helps a little with more money, so I do sort of feel bad for wanting to leave so badly.

And the lesson I learned from getting fired at Subway is that I don't have to worry about working in fast food for the rest of my life, because I suck at it. LOL! I know, maybe I shouldn't be proud of this, but maybe it just isn't my kind of skills. I am a fairly good cook, so that is definitely better than making sandwiches for ungrateful people.

And I love my family very much, but they just make me so angry sometimes. Like they never believed that I would be able to get my drivers license on time, or pass the written test to get my permit. I also think they were all surprised when I did not get rejected from any of the colleges I applied to, and I have a learning disability and ADD.

That's so exciting that you are going to be in broadcasting. Don't give up your dream and don't listen to negative people. Be persistent!!