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The Struggle Of Applying For Jobs, As Told By "The Office"

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The Struggle Of Applying For Jobs, As Told By "The Office"
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When I accepted the offer for a five-month internship with my dream company for my first post-grad job, I thought it would be really easy to stay with the company, networking and moving up and out. It's definitely not as simple as I thought. I've started looking into other options - do I want to move back home? Do I want to move out to Philly, where my boyfriend is? Do I want to stay in Florida? Everything is up in the air, and it's hard not to get stressed. So what do I do when I stress? I watch The Office, and I've found GIFs to describe all the situations I've found myself in this month. Michael, Dwight, Kevin, Kelly ... thank you for understanding.

When you submit your application and then re-read your cover letter and find a typo:


Listing your skills:

When you do an advanced search and nothing comes up so you have to use less and less filters until it’s not even remotely close to what you’re looking for:

When you get the dreaded, “Thanks for your interest, but lol no” e-mail:

"Why do you want to work here?"

“Tell me about yourself.”


When every job wants someone with experience but no one wants to give you any:

When you see a listing for an internship that sounds perfect for you so you save the listing and go back the next day and it’s gone:

When you’re filling out an application and you can just tell you’re not qualified enough but you fill it out anyway hoping somehow, someone will see potential in you:

When you go to events and network with people and everything seemed great but then they don’t reply to your e-mails:

When your profile has like 3 views this week on LinkedIn, which is 2 more than last week:

When you see your latest paycheck:

Leaving messages for companies and trying to sound calm, cool and collected:

When you got your degree because you were passionate about it but now you're wondering if you should have majored in something more practical:

When you not-so-secretly hope people will read this listicle and see what an amazing employee you would be:

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