Lindsay – Chapter X
Lindsay wanted to go back to school, but she had no idea what subject to take. She had graduated in Fine Arts, but that did not lead her to a job. Sometimes, it seemed to her that all employers wanted was references and experience. However, she had neither. She had had a couple of jobs, but quit all of them, so not only her resume was filled with gaps, she did not have good relationships with any of her former supervisors. A lawyer she knew from a job she held as a receptionist (which she was overqualified for) advised her to just put her educational achievements and say that she studied all this time, so that employers did not view her as a job-hopper.
She thought about studying finance because she felt that it could lead her to more lucrative and serious jobs. However, she was not sure she was up to the challenge. Finance required a great deal of calculations, and although she was good at mathematics, she did not believe in her ability to actually graduate with a Bachelor of Commerce with Finance as a major.
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| Lindsay's Pale Pink flowers. Photo by Elena |
Besides, she knew two people who ended up with the same collector jobs who had very different backgrounds. One guy who had graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce with a Finance major, and one girl who was an illegal immigrant and did not even finish college. She failed to understand how that was possible.
Besides, she saw in that reasons to not go back to school. At this point, she just wanted to find a job, any job. But, even though she applied to every staffing agency she knew of and did independent searches by herself, all she could find were entry-level jobs in sales. She was comfortable with entry-level employment, but she didn’t want to work in outbound sales (telemarketing) and that seemed to be the only available jobs for her.
See also:
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| Soul of a child. Illustration by Elena |
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| Lindsay's Elf |
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