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Originally Posted by als463
Well, I graduated undergrad in 2007. I was hired in June of 2007, after going to interviews before school ended. Remember, that is when I took my civil service exams (Spring Break of 2007). That was my first "real" job where I was paid salary of about $24,000 (which was about $19,000 after taxes). I started graduate school in September of 2007. I left my job as a Caseworker in January of 2008 because I wanted to go from being a part-time graduate student to being a full-time graduate student.
Then, I applied to a job at a Juvenile Detention Facility, which paid about $7/ hour. I worked part-time as I attended graduate school full-time. I was hired around the end of February (I left my job as a caseworker around the middle of January). My boyfriend then got into school in New York and he moved to New York for the fall of 2008 to start school, while I stayed in our hometown to work part-time and finish my Masters until I got to my "thesis" portion of my degree. In January of 2009, I moved to New York (around the end of January), obviously leaving my job at the detention facility. I applied to about 40+ jobs and within 2-3 weeks, I was hired as a Counselor.
I worked as a Counselor until I started school in September 2009. I might go back and work over the summer there. If I don't do that, I'll be happy to flip burgers until school starts up again. Hell, I might decide I don't care for school and go back to working where I was working. We will see, but I don't get worried that I won't be able to find a job.
As far as people who aren't "passionate" about joining the military, I disagree. I wasn't "passionate" about it, but I learned some great skills and met some incredible people. I had the opportunity to build my resume while getting a chance to travel and serve my country. I didn't "LOVE" it, but I didn't mind it. Once again, that is no excuse because you don't have a "passion" for something.
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Got it.
FYI -- 2007 =/= late 2008-2010. The country was not in the same state at that point in time.
And salary history makes a difference. Many employers now ask for salary history. Even if you leave off your additional degrees, the amount of money that you've made in the past makes a difference.
I lost my job at a large bank in 2008. I was making about $35,000 PART-TIME and had become accustomed to that lifestyle. When I was unemployed, I cut a lot of things out of my life and tried to get something to make ends meet. I was literally sending out 20-30 resumes a day, and would get only 1-2 callbacks every 2 weeks. At several places, I had connections on the inside, and the most common excuse for not hiring me was that I was overqualified and that senior management couldn't "exploit" me (for lack of a better term).
It wasn't that I wasn't trying. There weren't any places that were willing to take a chance on someone who they knew would leave the minute a better paying job came along.
Thankfully, I've found something since then, but I'm making less than what I was making. Even now, though, when I search for other jobs, they either want someone who has no degree or someone who has 10-15 years of experience.
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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06
I'll admit that my situation is a bit different than say, someone with a family (I'm single and I have parents who would take me in if push came to shove).
Just putting it out there moreso to say that if you are unemployed, hang on. You never know what is around the corner for you. Just keep at it.
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I'm single with no dependents as well, and if it REALLY came down to it, my parents would take me in too. But this is not the case for the majority of job-seekers out there.