Recently Graduated? Unemployed??

*Belle*Femme* wrote: what do people usually get jobs in with a degree in history? No shade i usually think in a museum or as a teacher or something.

I went to school for psych with a minor in history...IMO, unless you get a masters in it and become a professional academic, it's not really the degree that translates to any position that would be available to most new grads.

Thankfully with psych I was able to spin it and say that it taught me interpersonal relations, etc - which is true to an extent. But there are definitely some degrees that with just a bachelors don't translate into anything that most employers see as "viable".

It's been many years since I was in school, but I would recommend that if you're newly graduated, don't be afraid of taking/applying for a clerical job at a company with other positions that you WOULD want to take. Often times ppl prefer to hire from within, and the juicy positions never hit CL, Monster, etc. I went from an admin to being a project coordinator and bounced that into other positions that gave me exposure into my true passion - marketing/digital marketing/entertainment marketing/event planning.

ETA: as an admin, you get to see exactly what's involved with a position without being in the hot seat. And after a few months when you show that you can handle the role of an admin (as an admin becomes a jack/jill of all trades for most companies from small bus. to major firms) you can ask the dept you're interested in if you can help with any projects. I got promoted from admin to proj. coor. at my first "real" post college job because of this. So, it might suck at first because admin doesn't seem "important" or relevant, but it's the best way to learn IMO.

As a new grad, you need to be flexible and creative.


Edited by modelbusiness82 - Jan 25 2013 at 12:38am

MinnyMiss16 wrote: PM me when you find out! I live in Jersey btw, willing to commute to New York

I've found (and this is definitely unfair) that putting a commuter addy on resumes will make them pass you over. As someone who's had to hire while I was working for other companies (as I know work for myself), the actual owners (I always worked for small companies) shied away from hiring anyone with a commute more than 20 minutes. It's stupid but so many ppl act like you can't find your way to Manhattan unless you live in THAT borough. Even Bx, or Staten Island can be a reason ppl don't get called in for an interview.

I originally lived in Jersey when I first started working, and the best thing I ever did was getting a mailing address in Manhattan. I still have that address to this day which I use for my business. But at least my supposed "proximity" to the job didn't keep me from getting the interview.

I decided to take a year off after graduating last May because I wasn't 100% sure on what career path I wanted. Plan to re-enter school in Fall for grad school.

Since I'm not going to relocate for an entry level job I'll have less than a year, my options are a bit limited and I have been looking for work/underemployed. I had to lie and say I was still in school to get call backs and work so far smh. If by late March I find out I didn't get into any grad schools, all options are on the table.

thanks for the advice you guys!!!

I searched for over a year tbaby