Applying...Applying...and [nevertheless] moooore Applying!

Random interesting fact of the day: It takes the average human being 6 months to a year to get a job. How lovely! It's so interesting to think that while you're in college you think that the day after graduation day you leave with your degree and a job lined up and waiting for you back at home or in another new, big city. I pretty much thought the same...until those last six months of college when my focus was on nothing other than my internship, graduating in 6 months (and ensuring that it was indeed going to happen with no faults or anything that may have miraculously been missed along the way!), and of course searching for jobs. I'm not really sure how many jobs I have applied for at this point, or just how many interviews I have had either. The process sure is way different than what I ever would have expected, but it certainly is reality now...to say the least. The job market is so different today than it was years ago...even if it was just five years ago! Today, we are pretty much taught that we will work for free for the first part of our career in order to get anywhere near what our dream job may be. My parents don't understand it one bit, and if I were them, I don't think I would either, but unfortunately that's just the way things are today. We even have to have multiple jobs and internships at one time in order to get the experience we want and need, while also making enough money to live [and have a little fun too of course because, well, we are still young and do only live once!]. It gets frustrating too when even friends who are still in college and have not graduated yet consistently ask what this new life is like and if we have this big corporate job now...and so on and so on...Honestly, its becoming more and more common for college students to graduate and live back at home with their parents for a while, while spending that first year [at least] looking for a job while at the same time most likely working their same Summer job they have come home to every year during college.That's not exactly where I want to be right now, per say, or where I thought I would even be the Summer after I graduated from college. That's what I'm doing right now, though, and I honestly couldn't be more thankful (and I can't believe I'm finding myself actually saying this). Thank God for my job at Performance Plus with my family that allows me to help out, make money, and spend as much time as I need focusing on the job searching and leaving for interviews anytime I need to. I guess I am lucky in that most part time jobs don't really give you that much flexibility which is beyond helpful and even necessary right now. I have had some recent interviews that have really excited me about so many opportunities so in the meantime, I'm going to continue what I've been doing, and keep on applying while I wait, just to keep all options open. The application and interview process is quite an experience in itself, so like everything in my life, I'm accepting all of it as a learning experience, and learning from it every step of the way. I'm confident that something will come sooner or later, and no matter what it may be, I'm going to learn something from it. I was given some great advice by an interviewer today, and that is to stay focused and don't lost track. Remember what my ultimate goal is and don't let these small challenges along the way force me to give up and lose focus. So, here I am, back at square one, but I am remaining focused and remembering that everything about this entire process is nothing other than a learning experience, and every step of the way is helping me to get from point A to point B in my life. Ohhh the beauty of [POSTGRAD] life. I can't say that I hate it though, like many people do. It's just the next step, and I've accepted that, and I'm ready, and have been ready, to take it on. I'm excited really. It's frustrating at times of course, but life's short. Just take something from it and move on to whatever may be next. As always, still looking forward to whatever it may be that is to come next in my life. : )


Good night, and happy job searching to all those out there doing the same! I wish you the best of luck, and hope you will do the same to learn from every step and not get discouraged from any cracks in the road. 


XOXO
Kasey : )