Confessions of a Recent College Grad

The last company I worked for wanted a minimum of 5 years IT experience. College was helpful but meant very little to them. For serious candidates they were handed a 40 question networking exam. Do poorly on it and forget it.

college is about making friends

Lol. All great points guys. Especially the Canada post above me. Sweet deal!

Lol. All great points guys. Especially the Canada post above me. Sweet deal!

Well, as mentioned. I'm gonna stick it out a bit and also look for alternatives. I graduated at the end of January so this was my first interview and such.

I started from the bottom ten years ago as a young teenage bus-boy trying to afford Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Recently, I have graduated college as a double major. I've also had excellent internships with notable firms the past year and a half.

And yet, somehow, something catastrophic happened. I have been turned down to what could have been a pretty easy entry-level position. During the interview, I wore a suit. As a young male in NYC, you're going up against women, gay, minorities, and trust-fund grads. The interview went longer than expected, and it was a damn good enjoyable interview.

I was just so flabbergasted when I had the email that said that the position went to another candidate. No man should be left without a job. I find it extremely sad that anyone should be unemployed. But more importantly, I had the experience, and the right attitude. I keep my politics at the door, and I make sure the interview is also enjoyable for my potential employer. I also practice my speech at home, making cue cards and practicing answers.

Now, I'm not angry. I do understand that a hiring process is a business, and that hiring a candidate is an investment. I firmly believe they made a mistake. I guess this happens, and is part of reality. I knew finding a job would be hard. But I didn't think it would be this hard. In fact, it's not even hard. It's just a combination of playing wait-and-see mixed with some D&D-dicing.

I obviously won't give up. And I will not have 'fun' being unemployed. In fact, that's one of the worst things. I can't even enjoy my videogames since I know it's not me providing for my favorite past-time now. I also know people older than me unemployed, and drinking/smoking and stuff acting like bums. That's not me at all (I'm a straight-edge too).

Oh-and college is BS. I should have done a trade school. Seriously. Finance/Economics aren't even requirements, yet Women's Studies are? Ridiculous. Also, I do hope colleges go out of business. Do you know why? Go and Youtube Finance 101. BAM! Everything you need to learn from a semester of school can be taught in a DAY from the Internet.

A school's institute holds back innovation instead of competing. Let this be a word of caution for your children since a lot of you are probably a lot older than I am. But then again. I'm sure you all know this. It's GLP-- and this is the smartest forum I've ever been on (I mean it).