Unemployed and depressed

I'm so upset...I finished graduate school in May, and since then I've probably applied for 100 jobs. I've signed on with a temp agency as well, and the only work I've had all summer (other than volunteering) was a week-long temp assignment as a receptionist for a local company.

Yesterday I had an interview for a great opportunity as a career intern HR specialist with the local Navy base. A Federal position is my dream...and I didn't care that it wasn't even remotely related to my degrees (which are in history). It was a tough interview, and I wasn't sure how it went, but I have a good resume and excellent grades (I had to sumit official transcripts), and they were supposed to tell me either way before the end of today whether I was coming back in for a second interview (it's a two-tier process). I didn't hear anything.

I'm just so pissed off and disappointed right now...this job would have been perfect, and I really need something to take the pressure off my husband. He's been working his ass off for the last two years that I've been in grad school, and he loathes his current job (and it's not particularly secure, thanks to gross incompetence and crookedness on the part of the owner...but that's a different rant). If I had gotten this Navy job, he could have quit and gone back to school, or worked part-time for a while, or done anything he wanted. :-(

Sorry...I just needed to vent somewhere other than to family or IRL friends...all they do is tell me to "cheer up," and "be positive." Sometimes it's damn hard, you know? :`(

Hang in there dearie. I know how you feel. Can leave you feel really sick at times.

I think you should call the Navy base to follow up. I'm in the same position as you now (just finished grad school and looking for jobs) and I noticed that a lot of places don't call back when they say they will. You deserve to know their decision either way.

Good luck!

I had to look for a job last summer and it completely depressed and demoralized me, so I know what you mean. Waiting for the phone to ring is horrible- one place interviewed me 3 times- 95 degree heat, I'm strapping on the business armor and humping downtown then, nothing.

this market is bad- but it can't stay bad forever, hon- keep your chin up.

Oh god, I hate it when people say 'we'll let you know by such-and-such time whether you've got the job or not', and then they just never bother calling. It's so rude. Like, I went to the trouble of sending you my resume and coming in for the interview, the least you can do is have the decency to call or send a letter saying sorry, you didn't get it.

I, too, have been attempting to find work in my field since I got my degree with no success as of yet. You're not alone in your struggle.

You might try sending the person who interviewed you a thank you note, letting them know that you are still very interested in the position. Since most people don't bother with this step, it might give you an edge.

Good luck.

Update: It turned out that they did like me, and did want me for a 2nd interview, but they mispelled my email address when they sent me the request! But I didn't find this out until the Tuesday after Labor Day...so I spent the whole weekend depressed. I called them on Tuesday to make sure the whole thing was wrapped up and to thank them again for the opportunity, and the person in charge of hiring told me that they did want to interview me again! She also apologized profusely for the mix-up (and said she would have called me before the end of the day anyway). So I had my 2nd interview on Thursday, and it was another tough interview, with three of the big cheeses this time (my other one was also a panel interview, with five people). They are supposed to decide within a week, so either way, I should know by the end of this week. I also have an interview to do concessions at a local sports arena...that job will probably pay around minimum wage and it's 45 miles from here, so probably not the best solution to my problem, but hey, they actually called me after I sent the application, and that's a better response than I've had from pretty much everything else.

OK, I didn't get the good job. :-(

:bal for you cf. I know how it is to look for work and not find any. You are in all my good thoughts and wishes.:beer

I'd keep checking with the Navy. I worked for Hospice on two separate occaisions and I had to keep calling to see if I was hired or not. Took me a couple of weeks but it paid off.