16 Tons and What Do You Get?

Yeah so this is more of a whining / venting a bit.

Someone I know was accused of something they didn't do. Being accused of something really sucks. You're investigated. You're emotionally and sometimes financially harmed. People close to you are hurt too. I've always had a bit of a hard spot for people who make false accusations. They take resources from people who really do need help and harm innocent people.

Job hunting sucks. I remember that hunting for a summer job sucked and was downright depressing. To be qualified you must have experience. Well where the hell is that experience going to come from if no one breaks down and let's someone start somewhere? Ever think that no experience may mean you don't have to break the person of bad habits, not have to always hear that this was the way things were done at my last job, and maybe encourage a little loyalty?

I know it's how the world works but this "connections" thing annoys me. I'm the same person I was five minutes ago before you knew that I knew that person. Frustrating.

I think that before any school lets someone graduate, they should be required to take a course in how to get a job. Sure some school's career centers are great. Some aren't. Then some students are too focused on graduating that they don't have the time to attend all the little lectures sometimes given (usually late at night or oh yeah, during one of my classes). If it's required, BAM! It's scheduled in and is made to work. Where do you look for a job? Have any of the people who lecture actually called a "local professional in you field" to ask for a meeting without having the weight of the school/ company/ whatever behind them? I mean really.

Oh and is it SO terribly and horribly bad that I don't want to take a job that will actually COST me money? I don't care if others have started their own businesses or are working for nothing their first year or so. I'm not proud, I'll admit that I can not afford that.(If I could, I would probably try some wise investment so I'd never have to work again or maybe just blow in all on a beach house in Maui.) Call me old fashioned but my goals are to try to keep debt minimal and pay them off ASAP.