With only a couple months until graduation, I'm absolutely terrified I won't find a job. It's only October and I feel like I should be applying to everything I can get my hands on. I think I have re-done my resume a million different times since August. I started doing my fair share of googling tips and tricks to getting a great job after graduation and it honestly just makes everything worse. I feel like I'm the only one on the planet with zero idea on what I should be doing right now.
I found this buzzfeed list that perfect describes my fears. Click on the link and take a look. It is slightly terrifying; however, the more I think about it the better I feel.
First of all, (warning: shameless plug) I am graduating from a great school. The public relations program at Ohio Northern University is nationally recognized. Our professors are outstanding and teach us more than I ever expected. I go to Public Relations Student Society of America conference and can see that our professors have given us the best tools and the best education there is to offer. There are so many brilliant students at these conferences, but ONU just always goes above and beyond to make sure we have everything we need. Plus, I think my professor wouldn't settle for anything less than the best. We are "in it to win it" as she would say. She's slightly competitive.
Second of all, I know I am fully motivated to get a great job. In my opinion, people get so freaked out about finding a job after graduation that they sabotage themselves. They worry so much they won't find what they need that in the long run, they mentally exhaust themselves and end up settling for the first thing they can find. I literally don't even have enough brain space to think about working in a place I don't enjoy. I don't want a job. I want a career at some place I believe in and enjoy. Plus, if I can't even get my lazy butt out of bed to go to classes that I actually enjoy, I know I will not be able to wake myself up to go to a job I hate. It is just not happening.
This will most definitely not be the last time I freak out about jobs, but I just need to keep reminding myself that I have all the tools and resources I need. My professors and mentors have dedicated themselves to helping me get to where I need to go. I just need to have some faith and just survive until May.
205 days until graduation. But who's counting?
- Amy
Amy, I am not ready for you to graduate at all! I can't imagine a year here at ONU without you. But, I will say that I am completely confident that you will find an amazing job after graduation. Anyone would be lucky to hire you because you are so motivated and ready to use your PR skills! Don't stress. You will find exactly what you are looking for after your time here at ONU.
ReplyDeleteAmy,
ReplyDeleteI know I am late on commenting on this blog, but I wanted to let you know I feel your anxiety completely. The worst part is I am a management major, but I am perusing a career in event planning/public relations. Therefore, while all my fellow business classmates get jobs quickly, I am still waiting for the types of jobs I want to peruse to be available. You are extremely right though, you have all the qualifications and motivation to find a great job after college, so the anxiety may seem unnecessary but also hard to prevent. I bet next year at this time when we both have great jobs, we will look back and wonder how we could have ever been so stressed out in finding a career. I wish you all the luck and don't forget you are not alone in the fear of finding a job!