Venting It's easier to CTB than to get a job

[bullfrog61]

I am the only person I know who doesn't have a full-time job. And I am not even joking about that.
Tomorrow will mark one full year since graduating college. Which also means one full year of unemployment.
I don't even talk to my friends anymore. I'm lucky if I see someone besides my mom even once a month. I don't want to hear how great their lives are going. I don't even want to hear how much they hate their fucking jobs. They don't know how much I would give to be in their position. I would literally do anything just to have a job I hate.
Right now, not even one single person would be inconvenienced by my death.

 

[prettyclam]

I know the feeling of seeing everyone "succeed". I wanna have the standard life of my age group too...

You've already graduated college though, which is an achievement you should be proud of, even if it hasnt landed you a full-time job yet. Idk the details about your situation, but with a degree in whatever, theres gotta be someone out there willing to hire you, whether it's a fancy company or a supermarket.

 

[ceilng_tile]

I had friends who didn't find a job until 2-3 years after they graduated. It's not impossible.

I graduated in a bad economy and didn't find a paid job until over a year later. Since no labs were hiring and I was able to live with family I worked as a volunteer in labs so that I could build up those skills until one of them took me on as a paid research assistant. I also found an SAT tutoring job eventually which did pay.

The sad truth is that the job application system is rigged against you and you're more likely to actually get a job by contacting people directly rather than filling in applications online.