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Been job searching for a year and no luck. What to I do now? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) by moonlitsky@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I have been trying to find an entry-level position for a year with no success. I have tried everything that I can think of:

-Use job boards such as LinkedIn, Indeed, SimpleyHired, WeWorkRemotely, FlexJobs, and other job boards.

-Reach out to my network on LinkedIn asking for assistance.

-Reached out to my career center at my university (they seemed more interested in working with current students).

-Worked with recruiting agencies (had some success, was able to get some interviews, but haven't contacted me about any recent openings).

-Tried reaching out to my local community and see if they are hiring or looking for part-time workers (they either told me to apply online or they didn't have anything at this time).

-Taken some online courses to beef up my resume

I have a BA in English and I knew it was already going to be difficult to find something, but I never thought it was going to take this long. I don't know what to do at this point. I feel I tried everything and I have gotten nowhere. If anyone can provide me some advice, that would be greatly appreciated!

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[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’m here dawg. No one thinks like this.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

huh, I would guess that the majority of people where I live in the South think this way. It's repeated dogma from teachers, parents, etc. - there are literally billboards along the roadways talking about how useless university degrees are and advertising for trade schools and certificate programs.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe different state and different environment? I have encountered people like this but rarely. I feel they’re more a loud minority. There are plenty of dumb billboards the more south you go on the interstate but people paying for billboards doesn’t equal majority opinion.

Are you saying billboards directly saying university is pointless or just advertising trade school?

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

One billboard said:

Avoid student debt, learn a trade.

or something like that. It jives with the general opinion. I do live in a very conservative place, so maybe like you're saying it's a matter of where in the South you are. I'm sure in a major city like Atlanta that's not a common attitude, for example.