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I was in a similar boat after graduation, and then after a layoff after 6 months of working.
1. Find part time work. School is starting, you can do math tutoring again, or look at Kaplan if you have a high GPA. I imagine Kumon as well is a good fit.
2. Start networking. You have applied to lots of jobs now. ANd some of them are still open. Use linkedin, see if you have a connection with the likely hiring manager or boss. You can sometimes skip the line of the recruiter if you have a personal connection. Go to networking events. Alumni meetups, groups for young professionals etc. You may have a lead that way.
3. Get creative so you'll get noticed. One tactic I used was that I made a target list of companies, around 10 or so, did some research on who the people I would want to work for in those companies, and emailed them all. Sometimes you can get the email address from the receptionist. Other times you have to extrapolate. With linkedin, it is much much easier these days. Or signup for Jigsaw.
4. There are always opportunities for growth, even in a crappy job. I turned my retail jobs in my early 20s, during the big dotcom bust, into resume builders. Volunteering to plan store events, do store customer service and so on. All ended up being helpful resume skills for marketing, sales and account management later on.
I was in a similar boat after graduation, and then after a layoff after 6 months of working.
1. Find part time work. School is starting, you can do math tutoring again, or look at Kaplan if you have a high GPA. I imagine Kumon as well is a good fit.
2. Start networking. You have applied to lots of jobs now. ANd some of them are still open. Use linkedin, see if you have a connection with the likely hiring manager or boss. You can sometimes skip the line of the recruiter if you have a personal connection. Go to networking events. Alumni meetups, groups for young professionals etc. You may have a lead that way.
3. Get creative so you'll get noticed. One tactic I used was that I made a target list of companies, around 10 or so, did some research on who the people I would want to work for in those companies, and emailed them all. Sometimes you can get the email address from the receptionist. Other times you have to extrapolate. With linkedin, it is much much easier these days. Or signup for Jigsaw.
4. There are always opportunities for growth, even in a crappy job. I turned my retail jobs in my early 20s, during the big dotcom bust, into resume builders. Volunteering to plan store events, do store customer service and so on. All ended up being helpful resume skills for marketing, sales and account management later on.
I don't understand how you think I have an attitude problem. First of all, if I did project a dismal attitude on this forum, that doesn't mean I do in real life. Thank God that people don't typically act in real life how they do on the internet.
If that we're true, which I doubt, then at a minimum your posts and status updates still show immaturity, poor judgment, or both. Either of which will severely hinder your job prospects.
Not always. Maybe this loser attitude is why you can't get anywhere?
What are you talking about? If an internship opportunity explicitly says under its minimum requirements that you must be a currently enrolled sophomore or junior at an accredited university, then that's what they're looking for.
If that we're true, which I doubt, then at a minimum your posts and status updates still show immaturity, poor judgment, or both. Either of which will severely hinder your job prospects.
there are some internships that are for "recently graduated students" and even internships that don't require you to be in school. Yes the majority of internships do require you to be enrolled but not every single internship has that requirement. In any case I would not automatically eliminate internships from the career picture
What are you talking about? If an internship opportunity explicitly says under its minimum requirements that you must be a currently enrolled sophomore or junior at an accredited university, then that's what they're looking for.
Those are the ones that want to pay you in credits.
But reach out to those companies anyway and offer to be an intern for 90 days or something. You might be able to work out a stipend (I am assuming you don't have a ton of expenses yet). You might impress them. Or they might have a small budget to pay someone.
The most important rule, just because you don't match the job requirements exactly doesn't mean you have no hope. You never know.
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