Quote (duffman316 @ Apr 8 2015 10:15am)
have you started working yet? it took me 3 months to get a job once i was out of university
I've been working since I was 15. I worked at a carry out pizza restaurant for 8 years, including thru all 4 years of undergrad. Graduated in 2011 with a bachelors, 2013 with a masters in business administration. I worked a 40-50 hours+ a week white collar sales job from 2011 -> including when I got my MBA full time at night.
I got fired on New years eve 2013 when the start-up I was working for collapsed due to the CEO being raided by the SEC and FTC for taking money illegally from a gov't program. I got a new job 3 days later as a commission-only salesperson. I didn't make a lot, but I made about $350/week while applying for better jobs, and that kept some canned veggies in my mouth and a roof over my head. Then I landed an awesome job in early February and I'm making beyond 6 figures. So yeah, it took me over a month to "find a new job" but I worked at a job that I snagged in 2 days after being fired because I didn't mope. I literally went to a temp agency the day I got fired and they connected me with a sales company that had nothing to lose hiring a commission-only sales rep, so of course they hired me in 2 seconds and I started the next day. I could've just as easily gotten a serving job, retail job, etc. Just drive around and scour Craigslist for 12 hours a day til you land something. It's way easier than people make it out to be.
My point is,
get a shitty job temporarily while you find a good job rather than mooching unemployment while you interview/apply.
In your case, when you graduated you should've gotten a restaurant job or retail job for 3 months until you could find a job that suited what you got your degree in, or whatever your goal was. Not sitting on your ass applying and interviewing and doing no work for 3 months.
This post was edited by AspenSniper on Apr 8 2015 09:42am