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Post by Anandrine on Sept 16, 2016 8:54:22 GMT -5
Need help with your resume, whether you should apply to something, or about office norms? Post it here, and others can give you advice!
(I'm 28 and have about 10 years of professional experience in corporate and startup environments, some of that including reviewing resumes although I wasn't doing the hiring--so fire away.)
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Post by lil on Sept 18, 2016 21:15:11 GMT -5
I need all the advice about jobs/job searching. D: I just want a cool job that pays well enough but I don't want to go back to school lmao
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Post by jill on Sept 23, 2016 9:51:53 GMT -5
lol so i'm graduating college in may (w bachelor's in psychology in womens studies) and i suddenly realized that what i thought i wanted to do w my life i definitely do not want to do so i'm totally stuck. I don't wanna do clinical psych and i thought about research but now i dont wanna do that either. and i REALLY do not wanna go to grad school right now so i'm like... uh ok what do pls help
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Post by madecrooked on Sept 23, 2016 12:15:13 GMT -5
lol so i'm graduating college in may (w bachelor's in psychology in womens studies) and i suddenly realized that what i thought i wanted to do w my life i definitely do not want to do so i'm totally stuck. I don't wanna do clinical psych and i thought about research but now i dont wanna do that either. and i REALLY do not wanna go to grad school right now so i'm like... uh ok what do pls help jill we have almost the same degree! number one advice: if u don't wanna do grad school right now, DON'T LET ANYONE CONVINCE YOU THAT YOU SHOULD. i went into grad school right after my ba and then dropped out. there's still stuff u can do with a psych ba! case work is an option, and with ur women's studies stuff u could probably angle for a position somewhere focused on women's issues, i.e. a dv shelter. alternately u could say fuck it and go completely left field. i work in a library now! and i was able to edge out the other candidates by spinning my psych (and social work) background into "i can handle the weirdos who show up in libraries." also, u're not out of college yet, so make use of their career guidance resources. there's no guarantee that they'll be competent and ready to help u, but they might be! it is their job, after all.  also, do u have a good relationship with ur advisor? or r u close w any other faculty? ask them what other students have done, or what ideas they have. |
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Post by jill on Sept 24, 2016 14:27:34 GMT -5
lol so i'm graduating college in may (w bachelor's in psychology in womens studies) and i suddenly realized that what i thought i wanted to do w my life i definitely do not want to do so i'm totally stuck. I don't wanna do clinical psych and i thought about research but now i dont wanna do that either. and i REALLY do not wanna go to grad school right now so i'm like... uh ok what do pls help jill we have almost the same degree! number one advice: if u don't wanna do grad school right now, DON'T LET ANYONE CONVINCE YOU THAT YOU SHOULD. i went into grad school right after my ba and then dropped out. there's still stuff u can do with a psych ba! case work is an option, and with ur women's studies stuff u could probably angle for a position somewhere focused on women's issues, i.e. a dv shelter. alternately u could say fuck it and go completely left field. i work in a library now! and i was able to edge out the other candidates by spinning my psych (and social work) background into "i can handle the weirdos who show up in libraries." also, u're not out of college yet, so make use of their career guidance resources. there's no guarantee that they'll be competent and ready to help u, but they might be! it is their job, after all. also, do u have a good relationship with ur advisor? or r u close w any other faculty? ask them what other students have done, or what ideas they have. i really really should go to career advising im just really putting it off bc im being stupid ugh. and i know that i can spin a psych degree literally any way and even if i dont go into psych its still just good to have a degree in general (i actually work in a library too just as a student worker lol) i was actually talking to a grad student in my lab about it andd she was like "yeah if you arent super invested in devoting your entire life to psychology research then like... dont go to grad school" and i was like ok that's all i needed to hear thank u lmao but this is really helpful thank u!! |
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Post by womantic on Sept 26, 2016 7:37:14 GMT -5
I'm really really close to the end of my degree (eep) and I've started looking for work in my field (ideally like to work in video production but also have an interest/some non-paid experience in digital marketing) and it's the worst!
I've gotten straight out rejections for jobs I thought I had a decent shot at, and I'm worried that my resume/cover letters aren't getting across my skills/experience.
ALSO the thing I struggle the most with is having interviews and then not hearing back at all, not even to be rejected. My parents think I should be calling to chase up after interviews, but I feel like if they haven't called me it's because they don't want to hire me so why bother? Is it normal to hear back at all from interviews or should I be chasing up? Advice welcomed.
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Post by ellen on Sept 26, 2016 8:57:08 GMT -5
What I've heard is that during the interview, you should ask them when you'll hear back from them about it, and then if they don't get back to you within that time, you can go ahead and contact them
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also, do u have a good relationship with ur advisor? or r u close w any other faculty? ask them what other students have done, or what ideas they have.
