So here's the situation guys. I'm a typical college student at uw madison wisconsin (awesome college
) and for the life of me, can't figure out what I want to do. I'm even asking other smashers now.....
but, I'm curious as what do other people do.
My situation is that I'll be graduating december 2013 with a double major of sociology and history with FOR SURE A GPA OF 2.5. I just don't have a clue anymore.
So any past experiance from smashers with pretty much anything with their post college experiance is gladly welcome, as well as any suggestions.
Please note: I would like to keep this discussion serious.
You don't graduate until 2013 and you've resigned to a GPA of 2.5? Why is that? 2.5 is a pretty bad GPA, I graduated with a 3.3 GPA and I didn't try nearly as hard as I could have. Try to do better.
As for myself I graduated in May, 2 weeks after graduating the people who I was interning with offered me a temporary position. That's great an all but the pay is pretty bad (12$ an hour), and while it's more than I'd make working at a convenience store, it's not as much as I would be making if I was working in a professional position in the field(I'm working for my college),
Now, I'm glad I took this job. As it is a great resume builder and I learned a lot about my field, but in a strange way it may have been a cursing in disguise. You see the entire summer while I had this job and even till this day I still think of this job as a filler job, I'm only staying here until I get a better job. But simply because I had this job I was never as motivated to find another job as I should have been, moreover it is true when people say that finding a full time job is a full-time job, and it is simply impossible for me to devote that much time to find a good job because of this stupid mediocre job that I am doing right now. Who knows, if I had been searching full time without this job, I may have had a fantastic job by now.
Another thing I regret about taking this job is that I never got a break. I did 18 credits in my fall semester, then 20 credits in my spring semester, and then I went straight into working part time and then full-time in my field. Could you imagine what it's like to be in school full time, for fall, spring and summer? Because that's basically what I had to do, and sadly right now I am kinda burned out. I often find myself mentally exhausted, and I'm envious of those people who searched for a job but had fun during the summer and now they have a good job. Granted I was in a ****ty position to begin with, in that I have a weak family support system and along with my job I also had to find a new apartment the week after I graduated from college(Yes, I'm paying rent), but I digress, have to keep trying.
Some more things to add is that if you haven't done so already get your drivers license. I never got my drivers license and it's really holding me back in my career right now, and permission to drive a car is critical in my field. Also get an internship before you graduate, employers want to know that you have actual experience before hiring you, and your knowledge isn't limited to what you learned in the classroom, also you could very well get a job from your internship but like I pointed out you need to be careful about that.
I hope this was of some help. Feel free to ask me anything more. And also, what kinda job are you looking to get with your degrees?
