It amazes me, that it has been almost a year since i have been out of work. Everyday i look, read and send out my resume. I do not get it am i over qualified! I have a college degree in advertising and communications. I have started working on my masters degree in business. I have run a successful business,and yet i get typecast in the business world. I cannot find a job to leave me better off or close to working in an auto parts store. The jobs i have been offered wouldn't feed my family let alone pay the bills! It's sad. That in today's world, you can not better yourself and try new things.
Business is business wether it's widgets or gadgets. I am a 31 year old college educated male. Who likes to take a risk, if given the chance! I know how the world is supposed to turn and yet, I am like an actor who has been in to many bad action movies or comedies. Why can't i be looked at like Tom Hanks, i am diversified, I am funny and i just want to work! Is that so hard. The answer is yes, because of my resume i might as well have been in a coma since birth. They see one thing your last job! That's it, nothing more forget my hobbies, my talents, my skills it doesn't matter. I could be the next great thing but no one gets past this piece of paper that our society relies on so much. Its a shame!
Bill Gates never graduated college,ok so it was Harvard! But. Someone afforded him a chance to do what he loves and look at him know. I wish someone gave me that chance. I have worked since i am 14 put myself through college, bought a home and yet it doesn't account for anything. Because i don't know the right people, and the ones i do know do not care. I bust my hump and work harder then most i speak 2 languages and learning a third but it doesn't matter, because I am me. This is my world the one i live in. No matter how hard i try and what i do it all comes down to that piece of paper that we rely on.
