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At least the counselor got him a job. What is strange is that he apparently gave up on his job hunt despite being underemployed in his new position. I wonder a
by akadruid 16y ago
At least the counselor got him a job. What is strange is that he apparently gave up on his job hunt despite being underemployed in his new position.
I wonder at some of these stories I read where people spend months looking for work as if it were some kind of game. Do they not eat or live under a roof? How do they pay for those letters and faxes?
When I left school, I temped in warehouses, factories, offices, whatever, while I was hunting for a programming job. When I lost my programming job some years later, I temped at a bank until I got another programming job.
- slantyyz 16y agoI've learned something useful from every job I've had, whether I was underemployed or not. He (the author of the article) can probably learn a lot about organizational behaviour being an admin assistant. He can also take that time to think about what he really wants to do as a career. Your first few jobs (or the degree you have) don't define what you end up doing in the long term. You really have to play it by ear.