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I am 22, female, and recently graduated from a relatively good school.

I got a 4.0 and majored in literature. I did a lot of public speaking and extra-curriculars, but have very little job experience–retail, reception, running a salon, etc. Basically, academics have always been my “thing” because I was good at them, and I wanted to please my father.

Now that I am out trying to find a job, I don’t really want to do anything that’s out there. I am no longer going to live my life on my father’s terms. However, I am on my own financially as of Sept. 1 and am currently unemployed and have about $150 US to spend on food and gas until then.

I have sent in my glowing resume and cover letters to numerous companies in San Francisco, applying for everything from customer support to sales to admin jobs. I can’t seem to get a job. I need to make at least $30,000 a year to support myself.

Where do I go from here? I push forward, keep my head up, jog off the stress, and try and try, but I am isolated and living at home with people I do not care for. I get discouraged and depressed. I worry I will fail and not be able to support myself. I want to escape, but this problem isn’t going anywhere. I want to work in an office and do something I am proud of doing and enjoy. What the hell am I doing?

I need some support. My parents haven’t had to get jobs since the ’70s and just can’t fathom what this is like. Their advice is outdated or unreasonable.

Got any wisdom?

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ameliaearthlin offline Verified User (8 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 20 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 1 week ago (18 minutes after post)

search the web for jobs…
be prepared to move anywhere.
Jobs are hard as to find right now, and no one is getting paid what they deserve.

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Mr. P offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 4 months, 1 week ago (18 minutes after post)

Well, I would say while you’re job hunting, apply for other jobs besides the ones centered around your major. Any job is better than no job!

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turnthismothaou offline Verified User (4 months, 2 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 1 week ago (3 hours, 13 minutes after post)

Be sure to follow up on every resume you’ve sent out. Call or go by and double check with the manager to see if there are, or will be any openings on the horizon. The more they see or hear from you the better. They will know you are persistent, and you could be contacting them at the exact moment that an opening becomes available. If they try to tell you that they’ve found someone more suited for the job then you say that that is impossible because you are the best candidate for the position that ever existed in the history of the universe and why.

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