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KansDem

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3. It's a chance we all take...

Reply to Viva_La_Revolution (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 07:40 PM

Jun 2012

After securing graduate degrees, I worked for two years at three part-time jobs. I had to be somewhere everyday of the week and did this while I applied to every position I was remotely qualified for.

I had two interviews but no offers. A full-time position opened up at one of the part-time jobs and I'm now working in a field that I never envisioned I would be doing when I was in school.

It's a crapshoot. Some of us "win" and some of us "lose."

I didn't "win" but I sure as hell didn't "lose" like some grads I've been reading about lately.

And "yes": If I knew then what I know now I would have made some very different choices...

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Minimum Rage: College Grads in the Service Industry [View all] Viva_La_Revolution Jun 2012 OP

May 1974 redux Po_d Mainiac Jun 2012 #1

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jun 2012 #2

It's a chance we all take... KansDem Jun 2012 #3

Rec. . . . "organize “the worker, not the job.” " Agony Jun 2012 #4

Good article. I wish them better luck than we've had. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #5