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This is a difficult time for everyone and I am sorry for your plight, but at 28 you haven't lived long enough to make such assessments. There have been tough times before, and you will see tougher ones ahead. It is called "testing our metal."
Just a few things to offer that might help.
1. No one (or thing) can make you feel guilty -- that is your exclusive option. If you choose to feel guilty, it is your choice.
2. Read above and insert word "victim" for "Guilty."
3. If you are passionate about your chosen profession, do it and the opportunities will come. If you don't, toss it off as a lesson learned and move to what appeals to you now. In your life's road you will take many turns and some will seem wrong and turn out to be right; others will seem right and turn out to be wrong.
When you get to be my age, you discover that all life's twists and turns have only served to help you understand what kind of person you are, and what kind of person you want to be. I guess if you want to sell dope, that tells us all something there, now doesn't it?
I don't like FB and don't use it but I did have an account briefly - There are stories about people that have lost jobs due to FB - The story I liked best was a photo that was posted on a teacher's FB account of her ande some friends in Germany during OctoberFest - She just so happened to be holding a glass of beer and was fired - I found that so extreme but you don't even have to post nasty comments about a boss - Also what about people that post messages your FB account - I would love to think everyone I know would post with care but you never know -
Facebook usually only shows the sunny side. People don't want to read about all the unpleasant things in people's lives. But that doesn't mean they don't exist.
Just because someone has a job doesn't mean it's a good job or pays well. Or that they don't have any other problems in their life. And a lot of people leave former jobs listed rather than broadcast that they've been laid off. Your envy may be entirely unfounded.
But if you can't deal with it, don't use facebook. Or 'hide' people that bother you.
But blaming other people and a website isn't going to accomplish anything positive for you. You should spend your energies toward more positive pursuits.
I realize this wouldn't be an ideal career for you, but I see copy/printing places like FedEx Office (they do business cards, printing, etc.) hiring. It's something that would keep the wolves at bay.
I graduated from college a year and a half ago from a school with a great national reputation. I majored in graphic design because I have always been a talented artist/illustrator. Cynical old out-of-touch voluntary internet guidance counselors may chastise me for not studying nuclear physics, BUT other people I went to school with who majored in the same field as me have been getting good jobs. Maryland is the most recession-proof state but I am still competing with career veterans twice my age. After looking at some of my former classmates' profiles on Facebook, it makes me jealous to find out that many of them have found jobs. I have run into some of my former classmates since. Most of them who have jobs were able to get jobs because of their connections. I know plenty of my other classmates and college buddies who majored in the same thing as me who don't have jobs. Facebook makes life look so easy. In Facebook world, there are no setbacks, there is no struggle, there is no mental strain quarter life crisis or hardship, there is no bad luck, there is no economic downturn; just an easy road to success from what I see on my "friends" profiles. I've had at least seven interviews in the past year with no job offers. I've been unemployed for a year. I apply for jobs everyday. I've applied for many, many low-paying jobs as well leaving my college degrees off the resume. At 28, this is the longest I have ever been unemployed in my life and I've been working since my teens. I have over ten years of work experience and significant internship experience in my field. I have stared down my competition of seven or eight people in group interviews competing for one single position. I have been told by interviewers that I was competing with people with decades of experience. I feel like I am royally f*cked at this point. I live with my mother and my brother and my sister (both of whom are adults over 25) and NONE of us have jobs. We are living off my father's quickly dwindling life insurance money. Homelessness for me is very possible in the near future. Maybe less than a year. I've done everything "right" up to this point in my life but I will probably still be criticized anonymously in these coming comments for it. I might have to live like a pre-Malcolm X "Detroit Red" to survive soon. I think I would have a better shot at financial stability selling weed in California than trying to land one of the very, very few entry level job positions available in my field.
If your graphic design skills are anything like your writing skills it's not a surprise you don't have a job. Seriously the key board has an "enter" key.
I graduated from college a year and a half ago from a school with a great national reputation. I majored in graphic design because I have always been a talented artist/illustrator. Cynical old out-of-touch voluntary internet guidance counselors may chastise me for not studying nuclear physics, BUT other people I went to school with who majored in the same field as me have been getting good jobs. Maryland is the most recession-proof state but I am still competing with career veterans twice my age. After looking at some of my former classmates' profiles on Facebook, it makes me jealous to find out that many of them have found jobs. I have run into some of my former classmates since. Most of them who have jobs were able to get jobs because of their connections. I know plenty of my other classmates and college buddies who majored in the same thing as me who don't have jobs. Facebook makes life look so easy. In Facebook world, there are no setbacks, there is no struggle, there is no mental strain quarter life crisis or hardship, there is no bad luck, there is no economic downturn; just an easy road to success from what I see on my "friends" profiles. I've had at least seven interviews in the past year with no job offers. I've been unemployed for a year. I apply for jobs everyday. I've applied for many, many low-paying jobs as well leaving my college degrees off the resume. At 28, this is the longest I have ever been unemployed in my life and I've been working since my teens. I have over ten years of work experience and significant internship experience in my field. I have stared down my competition of seven or eight people in group interviews competing for one single position. I have been told by interviewers that I was competing with people with decades of experience. I feel like I am royally f*cked at this point. I live with my mother and my brother and my sister (both of whom are adults over 25) and NONE of us have jobs. We are living off my father's quickly dwindling life insurance money. Homelessness for me is very possible in the near future. Maybe less than a year. I've done everything "right" up to this point in my life but I will probably still be criticized anonymously in these coming comments for it. I might have to live like a pre-Malcolm X "Detroit Red" to survive soon. I think I would have a better shot at financial stability selling weed in California than trying to land one of the very, very few entry level job positions available in my field.
graphic design is not a good field to go to college for. your getting into a bunch of debt for something you cuold have taught yourself or done at community college.
also, graphic design is worthless unless you also have programing and web design background as well.
No...it is the fault of the people doing what they are doing. And we have a choice if we want to engage in that stuff.
That is why I say it is personal propaganda. Anyone can get on there and make an identity for themselves, and many do, to be competitive and attract friends.
No...it is the fault of the people doing what they are doing. And we have a choice if we want to engage in that stuff.
That is why I say it is personal propaganda. Anyone can get on there and make an identity for themselves, and many do, to be competitive and attract friends.
Some people sure have a dark view of things. I'm guessing most people just use it as a way to stay in touch with people and don't have any kind of ulterior motives.
But I guess some people are always looking to blame someone for something.
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