The Struggles Of Finding A Summer Job
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The Struggles Of Finding A Summer Job

College students have it the worst.

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The Struggles Of Finding A Summer Job

It's midway through spring semester and your professors continue to pile on the work. You spend every waking minute either cramming for exams, writing papers, or stress-eating. There is little time to breathe, nevertheless start job searching. Your motivation is consistently reaching an all-time low and you're praying you make it out alive.

You have other obligations as well, from clubs and sports teams to your weekly dose of "Grey's Anatomy" on Thursday night. The last thing on your mind is updating your resume and filling out those 20-minute long online applications. Sometimes you don't even find the time to start the job search process until the final stretch of the semester. When final papers, projects, and exams are approaching, you just want to curl up in a ball and cry. But instead, you're applying for everything your hometown has to offer, crossing your fingers that you'll get a call the next day with a job offer. Way to think optimistic, but the struggle is actually real.

1. You make a desperate post on your Facebook profile begging the world to give you some job leads.


2. You stare at your computer looking through the list of places hiring... Before even filling out one application, you start to cry.


3. You already receive the daily question of, "What are your plans after college?"... and now you'll have to explain that you suck at finding summer employment too. Oh joy!


4. Would this job be a good fit for me? Does it pay well? Will I hate it?


5. You get all excited when a hometown grocery store calls thinking you have a job, and then false alarm... We actually aren't hiring seasonal employees.


6. You completed an unpaid summer internship last summer, so your bank account is already on its last breath. Mom and Dad aren't a money tree!


7. Yeah, I'm at that point if it comes to it. I need my weekly Chipotle run (maybe twice a week) and I'll need some alcohol after this stressful semester. Would this count as experience? Money is money, right? So sadly, yes.


8. I am a college student, so you kind of have to be intelligent to do that. But no, I can't even get hired to work a cash register at a restaurant. It's common sense. I'm pretty sure filling out this application was harder than the things I will be doing on a daily basis for your restaurant.


9. I'm at the point where I want to just walk up to every manager and just start the conversation with: "You may not be hiring, but..."


10. "I is kind. I is smart. I is important."

So, if you find yourself in the same boat as me, trust me: you're not alone. We can't give up. A job will find us when we least expect it.

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