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NO EXPERIENCE AND NO JOB

Looking for a job can be hard work and nothing says it more than the picture below. 
The day after my first college internship ended, I am fired up like Usain Bolt on speed. I’m more motivated than ever to really give it a go making more than five versions of my CV adopting each cover letter for each job applied for. However, one of the biggest problems is that there are simply no graduate jobs advertised to even go for. 

 Entry employment forms for larger global companies take an age to fill in and normally require tasks or essays to be completed. Such time consuming applications feel as if they have been fired up into space into a non-existent Internet cloud.

As the days pass, feeling half in the shade of doubt, the motivation levels begin to drop like a petrol gauge in a car. The hardest part of unemployment after college is actually coming to terms with it.

With no hint of a job, finally it is decided that there is no choice but to except registration with the unemployment office. The day itself feels like nothing but hopeless failure. Arriving in the office taking a ticket for a three hour long queue, there is a lump in my throat. Never did I feel like this day would come.

The month is September and as the summer fades, the winter is looming in my soul and fear for the future is cracking my brain.

It takes another long hard eight weeks though before the suffering ends when finally I get a call for a weeks internship which luckily develops into freelance work.

 Tips for those loosing their mind when unemployed

 - Don't panic there are lots in the same boat
- Plan your day and target those who you want to work for
- Its hard work but create loads of CVs for different types of jobs 
- Go to a career coach for advice on your, CV, skills etc
- Remember a CV is not all about experience but about you're skill set
- Call rather than email a person you would like to work for, or both  
- Dont sleep in and stay in PJs all day. It will get you nowhere.
- Put the work in and it will all eventually pay off 

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