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So what do we do with this tiny rolled-up piece of paperGraduation—I have dreamt of the day—the day when I would not have to worry about missing something important in Wednesday’s 8 a.m. class. The day when I would not have to study for a G.E. test that I could care less about or feel the anxiety of facing that professor who knows I didn’t do my homework last night. The day when I would not have to attend class ever again. Graduation. If you are not aware of it now, let me give you this very scary reality bite. It’s right there, practically in your grasp, but not close enough to where you can start slacking off. In about seven months, you’ll be graduating. The actual graduation isn’t what’s scary. It’s the question that follows—“What are you going to do?” If you’re as passionate about getting out of school with a job as I am, then you have probably been working on your resume. When it comes to mine, I have all my work experience, layout and summary of qualifications looking so good even I’m impressed. So far, four different people have revised it and they still get a funny look on their face as they’re handing it back to me. It’s not that my experience isn’t good, it’s the fact that my resume is probably going to be right next to someone’s from Stanford, UC Berkley or some other overqualified school. And no matter how good looking my resume is, the future, for me at least, doesn’t look good. Answer this inevitable interview question: “Why should we hire you?” Granted, some of us are great people and probably do deserve the job, but you were just in the waiting room with other potential employees from schools like USC and San Francisco. If you were the boss, who would you hire to bring in more money? I have a few classes this semester that are filled with seniors, and for a particular class I had to analyze my future. Just thinking about it in the back your mind bums you out. Imagine writing an entire paper about it. Scary. We are all terrified, even the most confident senior I know quivers at the thought of our job market. I’m told every day, “the economy sucks, it is going to be very difficult to find a job when you graduate, much less in this area. And you better be prepared for the worst.” There are people who are graduating now with MBAs who are unemployed! If that’s not scary, I don’t know what is. I’m a poor little girl graduating at the tender age of 21 with a BA. I know some people may say “wow,” but due to the startling fact I just stated above, that “wow” is an “oh, too bad.” Thanks, that’s what I want to hear after I’ve been in school for almost 17 years of my life. It’s never good enough, is it? — |