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Getting a Job After Being Unemployed too long
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I graduated from my college last june with a BS in Genetics and left my undergraduate research position there in July. After I graduated I basically took the summer off to see friends in various parts of california. At the time I figured that it wouldn't be too hard to land a job during the fall. Now we are approaching spring and I am still unemployed. I currently live with my girlfriend and am feeling like a complete fuck-up. Anyhow, my basic question is how should I deflect questions about why I have been unemployed for ~7+ months that might come up in an interview. Also, any tips on how I can change my life and turn this around quickly.
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Also, if you need to work quickly, theres always temp agencies to go with.
What kind of job are you looking for? Your undergrad school might have some career-type advising you can still give a call to and ask for advice/contacts
Seconded. If you need money, then get a job at a temp agency, do a good job there while searching for another job. They'll hire you, and they won't care that you're looking for another job and will quit. The work may not be great, but it is a good way just to get something on your resume.
I second the temp thing if you need the cash, but otherwise just stay honest in your interviews and apply like crazy.
Yeah, but it depends what kind of job you're looking for... getting a really good entry job in a biotech has gotten harder, but if it's more of a temporary thing there's a crapload of biology research labs in california that hire techs all the time, you just need to find the right people at the school to get your name on a list somewhere
In the OP's case, probably not.
But if you're looking at a resume with someone who's had say, 10yrs at a job, then a year off, then 3yrs on-job, then 6months off, and it wasn't because they were laid off, it causes concern for the hiring company. They worry the person is just going to take off whenever they want after the co. invested time/money in training and hiring them. Plus now they've got to do it again.
Getting laid off/re-engineered is one thing, but taking months of "self discovery" can be a problem. Unless you're working at a head shop, then you'll be manager.