Officially Unemployed

I graduated from college back in August 2018 with a degree in Biochemistry Yipeee right?

N o p e. All my life I have been waiting for this moment; graduating from college, being independent, getting a job, travelling but life has other plans for me.

A few months shy from graduation I started getting anxious with the life ahead of me. What will happen to me? Where do I start? Do I stay in my home country or follow my family in UAE? Will I ever be successful? All these questions kept popping in my mind so, I did what any person would do, I planned my life.

I ignored all my course works and just sat down and started writing my life goals and career goals and then followed by steps on how to achieve it. I wrote different plans and I said, I’m good to go until I’m 40. I was still worried but I have more confidence now that it’s pretty clear to me what I want.

I was all set and ready and little did my ambitious-self know, it is not as easy as it sounds or looks. Like Yeah, there are more opportunities here abroad but they’re all expecting you to have work experience and skills that can be acquired from working in that field BUT HOW DO I GET EXPERIENCE IF THEY’RE NOT HIRING ME?

Getting those rejection emails and notifications have totally hurt my ego and probably blown away 50% of my self-esteem. The first time I got rejected, I felt like crying and I started doubting my life decisions because that company has a great reputation and would have given me a career not just a job. It was a good thing my parents were there to support me and told me that it takes time to get a job and I always need to start small so that very night, I started applying again.

As of now, I have been job hunting for more than a week and I have applied to about 50 companies and made 4 versions of my resume and all I got was 4 rejection e-mails, multiple unread applications, and zero call-backs.

Well this is going to be a long ride so I better put on my seat belt and just enjoy the moment.

WISH ME LUCK!!