Really Depressed

[Daddy_]

Hey guys. Well let me start of by saying I have been really depressed for the last nine months. It all started when I finished college and got my diploma in Business Management. After I finishing I decided why not go on a 3 week vacation to visit my family after all that hard studying. Well after I returned I immediately started job searching hardcore and sending about 5-10 resumes a day to companies I was really interested in. Nine months have passed since I graduated and have only been called in for about 10 interviews. Most of the jobs wanted me as a office administrator. A few of them were really nice jobs earning about 30k-40k a year. Most of them were really low balling me and staring off $10-$14 hourly. I have been working part-time since grade 11 at a grocery store and I make more hourly then those low ball offers. So last couple of days I feel really depressed because I can't find a decent job and really don't feel like doing anything at this moment. I am considering going back to college and getting my BBA(Bachelors Business Administration) and major in Financial Services and Administration and minor in Accounting. Would you guys think this would help me out. What kind of jobs can I get with my current Diploma and what can I get with that Degree. I don't know maybe it's my resume or something but the teachers have looked at it and said it's fine. If someone is a master and could take a look at it that would be great. I really appreciate all the support I get from you guys,

[matt402]

COLLEGE =

getting a job SHOULD be based on what u actually know, NOT what u went to school for...

the economy sucks worse than it did 3-4yrs ago, THNX OBAMA!

[Daddy_]

Well I'm in Canada British Columbia (Vancouver Area) if that helps

[mbdblue]

thats the job market man. I have friends who majored in business and aren't working jobs anywhere near there major. For now, you take what you can get. if your making over 14 an hour where you are, then stay there until something better comes along. you look, and if you can't find anything, you look some more.

Edited April 6, 2011 by mbdblue

[xStatezOfMindZx]

You got to start from the low end and get yourself up with your work experience that a person that has working, or working in a specific field or occupation for at least 2 years. You are fresh out of school and most companies don't like to hire people without any work experience.

I had the same problem, so I took a job that paid $32K a year, and I worked myself up in the company and now I make $62K a year. Yeah it took me 12 years to get more work experience in my field, but I didn't turn down the entry level position either.

Depressed, shitz I found out 3 weeks ago that my dad has lung and brain cancer! Now that is really makes me depressed! Oh, btw the company I work for has been in business for 46 years, so try to find a company that isn't too new to work for!

[Daddy_]

thats the job market man. I have friends who majored in business and aren't working jobs anywhere near there major. For now, you take what you can get. if your making over 14 an hour where you are, then stay there until something better comes along. you look, and if you can't find anything, you look some more.

Yes I was thinking about either going full-time at my current job and keep trying or just going back to school and getting my BBA. Would getting a BBA make much of a difference. Since I have a diploma I can finish getting my BBA in two ears instead of four.

[uhoh_45]

alberta is where the jobs are at man haha and even then the works going out east to sask (oil refinery wise )

[Superjay]

thats the job market man. I have friends who majored in business and aren't working jobs anywhere near there major. For now, you take what you can get. if your making over 14 an hour where you are, then stay there until something better comes along. you look, and if you can't find anything, you look some more.

Yes I was thinking about either going full-time at my current job and keep trying or just going back to school and getting my BBA. Would getting a BBA make much of a difference. Since I have a diploma I can finish getting my BBA in two ears instead of four.

since you've been at the store so long, and now have a degree, you should ask about management opportunities...there's no shame in working for a grocery store...a very good friend of mine is the GM at one, and started just like you did. he makes $185k a year now.

[Daddy_]

thats the job market man. I have friends who majored in business and aren't working jobs anywhere near there major. For now, you take what you can get. if your making over 14 an hour where you are, then stay there until something better comes along. you look, and if you can't find anything, you look some more.

Yes I was thinking about either going full-time at my current job and keep trying or just going back to school and getting my BBA. Would getting a BBA make much of a difference. Since I have a diploma I can finish getting my BBA in two ears instead of four.

since you've been at the store so long, and now have a degree, you should ask about management opportunities...there's no shame in working for a grocery store...a very good friend of mine is the GM at one, and started just like you did. he makes $185k a year now.

I have a Business Management Diploma at the moment not a degree. I am thinking about going back to college or university and getting my degree. As for working for Save On Foods (duno if you have them in USA) they do not have anything in an office environment right now. Applying to jobs in today's world is very hard. Everyone here now wants online applications and once you did it it's like you never hear back from them again. I remember when I got my high school job I went to the store got an application and filled it out and attached my resume and some certificates I had got. Now everything has changed and is way different than before.