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The 17 Stages Every College Student Experiences While Job Hunting

Graduation means you have to be a real person and get a job.

Apr 12, 2016

The 17 Stages Every College Student Experiences While Job Hunting

Unfortunately, I am one of those sad seniors that is about to graduate in a few short weeks. The thought of leaving college is bittersweet, because I leave a bunch of friends and fun behind, but I also am starting a new chapter of my life. Part of that new chapter is starting a post-grad job. Job hunting is tiring and a lot of hard work. It's scary and exciting. So here are the 17 stages of job hunting.

1. What do I really want to do with my life after graduation?

2. Where do I even start to look for a job?

3. I don't know what I'm doing.

4. Can my mom apply for jobs for me?

5. I need a job to be a real person.

6. Is my resume good enough? I need to stand out.

7. Writing a thousand cover letters is cruel and unusual punishment.

8. Oh, this looks like an amazing job! I want it! I need it!

9. JK, I have to have over five years of experience for this job.

10. Actually I need at least three to five years for almost EVERY job.

11. I'm so under-qualified, it's not even funny.

12. Do I have to leave college? Everything is so much easier this way.

13. Getting an email about being turned down for a job is a slight blow to my confidence.

14. But it's better than getting the cold shoulder from a company and never hearing back from them.

15. Am I doing this whole applying to jobs thing right? I still don't know what I'm doing.

16. Job hunting is so exhausting. The words are blurring before my eyes.

17. In the end, you just pray that it works out and you find a job.

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The 17 Stages Every College Student Experiences While Job Hunting

Graduation means you have to be a real person and get a job.

1. What do I really want to do with my life after graduation?

2. Where do I even start to look for a job?

3. I don't know what I'm doing.

4. Can my mom apply for jobs for me?

5. I need a job to be a real person.

6. Is my resume good enough? I need to stand out.

7. Writing a thousand cover letters is cruel and unusual punishment.

8. Oh, this looks like an amazing job! I want it! I need it!

9. JK, I have to have over five years of experience for this job.

10. Actually I need at least three to five years for almost EVERY job.

11. I'm so under-qualified, it's not even funny.

12. Do I have to leave college? Everything is so much easier this way.

13. Getting an email about being turned down for a job is a slight blow to my confidence.

14. But it's better than getting the cold shoulder from a company and never hearing back from them.

15. Am I doing this whole applying to jobs thing right? I still don't know what I'm doing.

16. Job hunting is so exhausting. The words are blurring before my eyes.

17. In the end, you just pray that it works out and you find a job.

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There have been many lessons learned.

1. The importance of traditions.

2. How to be thankful for family and friends.

3. How to give back.

4. What the word "community" really means.

5. That it isn't about the destination, but the journey.

6. The consequences of making bad choices.

7. To trust people, until you have a reason not to.

8. To be welcoming and accepting of everyone.

9. How to be my own, individual person.

10. How to work for what I want.

11. How to be great at giving directions.

12. How to be humble.

13. To be well-rounded.

14. How to be great at conflict resolution.

15. The beauty of getting outside and exploring.

16. To be prepared for anything.

17. That you don't always have to do it alone.

18. How to be creative.

19. To brush off gossip.

I have never been so thankful to know you.

Dealing with the inevitable realities of college life.

Don't freak out

Email the professor

Attend the first class

Keep attending class

Have a backup plan

Remember that everything works out at the end

It's mandatory to have these conversations.

1. What do you do for a living?

2. What's your favorite color?

3. Do you have any siblings?

4. What's your favorite television show?

5. When is your birthday?

6. What's your biggest goal in life?

7. If you had three wishes granted to you by a genie, what would they be?

8. What's your favorite childhood memory?

9. If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be?

10. Are you a cat or a dog person?

11. Do you believe in a religion or any sort of spiritual power?

12. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?

13. What is your ideal date night?

14. Who was/is your celebrity crush?

15. What's a good way to cheer you up if you're having a bad day?

16. Do you have any tattoos?

17. Can you describe yourself in three words?

18. What makes you the most nervous in life?

19. What's the best gift you have ever received?

20. What do you do to relax/have fun?

21. What are your priorities at this phase of your life?

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