Getting a job after college
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:25 pm
I'm curious, has anyone had any trouble finding a job after they finished college? I haven't had trouble finding a job, but I can't find a good one to save my life, and I'm getting a bit frustrated.
I design websites although I'm much better at increasing usability, search engine optimization, and improving websites than design. There's not many places that do just that, and I found one last week. Then a week later I got laid off because they're moving to another building in a month or so, and the new building is going to cost them more than the little start-up company could expect so they got rid of me, and stopped hiring. Before that I worked for a company that seemed shady, then started bouncing paychecks, so i had to jump from that ship.
I've been freelancing and re-designing my own website to reflect where I am now instead of where I was when I made it.
But it's a strange situation since most places that offer fulltime positions require 3 years of experience, but you can't get experience without working. The freelancing thing is good, and can get me the experience, but it won't pay off my student loan debt which is why I'm looking for a fulltime in the first place. So is this a normal thing to go through, or am I just finding the wrong companies? I'm posting my resume, cover letter etc... all over this week. And I'm looking forward to meeting with whatever the next company will be like, but it's getting hard not to get jaded with something like this. Especially since the last company had to let me go so abruptly. They didn't even know until the weekend, so I had software they ordered me earlier in the week on the way to the building. They had things on deck for me to work on the next week, and when they laid me off they didn't even seem ready for it. My former boss felt really bad, and I was just confused. How can you feel secure at any job after that?!
Sorry to ramble like that, and I don't want to discourage anyone who's about to graduate from college, but again, is this a normal thing?
I design websites although I'm much better at increasing usability, search engine optimization, and improving websites than design. There's not many places that do just that, and I found one last week. Then a week later I got laid off because they're moving to another building in a month or so, and the new building is going to cost them more than the little start-up company could expect so they got rid of me, and stopped hiring. Before that I worked for a company that seemed shady, then started bouncing paychecks, so i had to jump from that ship.
I've been freelancing and re-designing my own website to reflect where I am now instead of where I was when I made it.
But it's a strange situation since most places that offer fulltime positions require 3 years of experience, but you can't get experience without working. The freelancing thing is good, and can get me the experience, but it won't pay off my student loan debt which is why I'm looking for a fulltime in the first place. So is this a normal thing to go through, or am I just finding the wrong companies? I'm posting my resume, cover letter etc... all over this week. And I'm looking forward to meeting with whatever the next company will be like, but it's getting hard not to get jaded with something like this. Especially since the last company had to let me go so abruptly. They didn't even know until the weekend, so I had software they ordered me earlier in the week on the way to the building. They had things on deck for me to work on the next week, and when they laid me off they didn't even seem ready for it. My former boss felt really bad, and I was just confused. How can you feel secure at any job after that?!
Sorry to ramble like that, and I don't want to discourage anyone who's about to graduate from college, but again, is this a normal thing?