What more can I do?
At the moment I’m trying my best at following my therapist’s advice. Focus on networking with people in hope to meet local friends and hopefully find a job through them; rather than focusing purely on finding jobs through job agencies. I’ve also been told to only focus on jobs I know I can handle, rather than taking any job given to me; as it clearly didn’t work out the first time.
Mentally it has been extremely rewarding. I try to attend to the monthly 2600 meeting, I’ve been to a Reddit meetup and joined and met up with the vegan society here in QLD. I’m really enjoying it, even if I’m very introverted. I guess it’s because I’m surrounded by like-minded people.
Still it’s a bit stressful not having enough money and not having your own income. In hope to find a job I went on Seek to look through all vacant jobs in Brisbane, part-time, temp and casual. I think I looked through about 1000+ jobs, and I didn’t find any job at all. It might seem impossible to not find at least one job out of those 1000+ job ads I looked through, but I didn’t and I’ll try ot explain why.
The jobs I didn’t want at all can actually be counted on two hands if my memory serves me right, so not wanting 10 out of a 1000+ jobs is not what I would call picky. The rest I actually didn’t have the right experience or education to do.
This is one of the reasons I’m going back to university. I’m sick and tired of sifting through thousands of jobs without finding or being considered because of lacking skills or education.
Sometimes I suspect I’m too experienced for a job.
I applied (for the 2nd time) to a Lush job when we arrived as a shop assistant. Simple job really. You help customers, sell the product and keep the store neat. How hard can that be? Even with my three year call centre experience and about two years as a shop assistant, I didn’t have the right skills.
(I’ll blog about that later)
When sitting back, looking at what I’ve done so far, sifting through thousands of job ads and being social, I actually have to ask, what more can I do?
Only thing I can think of is to get a few t-shirts printed with a print on the front and back saying something like:
I’m a geek who needs a job now! Ask me for my CV now!
I guess I have to take comfort in what Nietzsche said:
What does not kill him, makes him stronger.
Take care.
