hi eve!!! sorry if this is a really personal question, but may i ask what you studied in uni and if youre currently working what do you do? i've graduated recently and i'm having trouble finding work for my field of study and my imposter syndrome is really making me second guess myself so i guess i just want to hear someone else's experience... thank you and have a lovely day <33
first of all, congratulations on graduating !!!! i have to be honest, im quite envious i wouldve graduated this year too... but im so happy for you anon, it must have been tough!!
and its no worries, i studied fine arts in uni! but as i mentioned a few times before i dropped out because of circumstances i couldnt really fix at the time
i have tons of friends who had a hard time looking for work especially since companies here want someone with experience because they dont have the resources to train new hires, (most of the time, i know they also do it to cut costs, so its never your fault, the company just cant afford another employee most of the time unless they know they can treat you like shit)))
i worked after i dropped out, but it was completely unrelated to my course or what i studdied, and ive done hotel staff work, social media managing, call centers, cashier jobs, con staff..... etc bc i found that, i didnt like art to be something that became a chore for me, and i wanted it to not become a job that i despised(? even if thats essentially what i do now, i at least have fun doing it) so i didnt do anything related to that for a whole while. its something i love doing deeply, and i didnt want to hate doing art.
while i wished that doing something i loved became profitable and sustainable for me, i knew in my country it just was going to be extremely hard, and because i dropped out this was majorly impossible for me.
so i really had no choice but to look for smth else to support myself for a while, bc i knew even with my skills it would be hard for me to get a position i wouldve like anyways, and i didnt want to be an underpaid animator in basically what was an animation sweatshop.
some of my older friends manage to secure jobs right away, and some of them are like me, home doing freelance work, some r unemployed, and some people just have the luxury of not needing to work :')
what i think im trying to say is, rejection can be tough, and the market is shit, but i hope you can find it in you to keep trying, i know how degrading it might feel if you dont get to use the degree that u studied for, but sometimes to survive in this economy, doing side quests instead of doing the main quest might be the easiest way to keep going until that job youve always wanted lands in your lap, its okay if you take your time
but once you do find an offer you like, do not lowball yourself, know your worth, never take the first offer, always ask for more if you think its plausible. avoid companies that say we are like family, and never go for companies that immediately feel off from the start, being comfortable in a work place is always going to make your work life much more better, this is my experience with work.
