Chapter in life: The Job Search

Posted on March 27th, 2008 in how i'm livin. Trackback link.
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As most people about to graduate do, I started up the dreaded job search. I knew this day would come again, as I had already experienced this when I got my undergrad. This is the great time when you look through hundreds of online job descriptions that don’t make any sense, but you apply anyways.

Sample:

Job: Operations Research Analyst, U.S. Airforce
Major Duties: Apply rigorous methods of logic and scientific disciplines to develop and evaluate alternative approaches and courses of action for a wide spectrum of problems.

wide range of problems, hey why not….

Operations Research Analyst, U.S. Army
Major Duties: This position is developmental. You will utilize professional knowledge of mathematical, statistical, econometric, and other scientific methods and techniques to perform a variety of Cost Analysis duties in support of HQDA.

Do I know what HQDA is? Hell no…but lets apply anyways…

Its also the time when you put your resume for those on campus interviews and talk to some jackass about how much you would love to inslave yourself to his company if given the chance while he talks about how much he loves his job in designing bombs that inflict maximum damage to the target, while i sit and wonder if his work has killed any innocent lives…

And the best part was when I get a missed fone with no voice mail, which i google the number to find out who had called me. Its the patent office, which I wouldn’t mind working for. After calling back to the number 3 times a day for a week, I finally get through to someone who looks up my file and asks if I will finish by may, when it clearly says on my resume that I will graduate in aug. Then he tells me if i change my mind (ie drop out of grad school with 4 months remaining) that i should give him a call back soon, since I can take a lower position with a b.s., if not call back in the summer. Why the hell would I drop out of grad school???

I’m sure the frustrations will continue, and Ill keep you guys posted on who I sign my soul away to…


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4 Comments so far.

  1. Sweetness
    March 28th, 2008
    7:28 am

    Haha you should go work for some horrible conglomerate who does not know your name, gives you an anonymous number and herds people like livestock, that would be awesome. Oh wait job taken sorry bud.

  2. dejae
    March 28th, 2008
    2:50 pm

    i love the truth telling message of this post. i feel ya bro! i say, stay true to your heart. the last thing we need is another POC enslaved to a job that enslaves others….

  3. suav
    March 29th, 2008
    12:15 am

    yea…im going to take my time looking for a job…not in any huge rush at the moment…was just getting a little frustrated with it…

  4. soundune
    March 31st, 2008
    2:48 am

    first off suav – get that job that makes you happy, man. don’t succumb to other people’s expectations!

    second – dejae! what up!

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