Yeah, because I'm going to grow up. NOT.
But, in terms of employment, I thought it was going to be impossible to get a job when I leave uni. I was terrfied I'd spend the entire summer unemployed and searching fo a job. Joining the extremely long queue of people outside the job centre.
Alas, it was quite the opposite.
Though I applied for several jobs in theatre, I admit I was punching above my weight to apply for some jobs I wasn't qualified for. Instead, I applied for jobs that could keep me going until I found my perfect job. So, in light of this, I went online for days on end applying for anything I knew I could do: Serving food, working in a shop, bar tender. I applied for about 50-60 jobs in a few days. And, true to form, I got at least 6 replies for interviews and from those, I was offered the job. 6 interviews, 6 jobs. It was crazy.
I started by taking up a job at Pizza Hut, working in the kitchen making pizzas and then eventually progressing to waitressing. It wasn't the best job, but it was a job and it was money. After working there for a week, I received a phone call from another interview I'd had. They were offering me a part time position, even though I'd interviewed for a full-time role. It was less money than pizza hut, but it gave me the chance to progress in the future. Naturally, I was in a pickle. Do I take a risk and take the part-time job, or stick it with Pizza Hut and hope for the best? I had one weekend to make up my mind.
Then, to make it worse, whilst I was trying on clothes in a New Look changing room, I had a phonecall offering me Full-Time in the role. I decided to take it, simply because it was a better opportunity than Pizza Hut.
Since accepting the job at Pizza Hut originally, I keep getting an influx of people offering me interviews. One was from a job I didn't even apply for, but they received my CV through a website I uploaded my CV on to.
In retrospect, I would have applied to some places that I avoided (Because I thought I wouldn't be able to work there) because I feel that, actually, I would have been good at them. But now, I have a salary job, which means I can start paying off my student loan, a 2:1 degree and I'm sending off plenty of applications for Agents. So, maybe in the near or distant future, I'll get plenty of responses from them as well.
If you are applying for jobs at the moment - Don't feel disheartened when you get a rejection. Take it on the chin and find out where you might have gone wrong. Mostly, feel grateful that they replied to you. Out of the jobs I applied for, I only got 10 rejections and 6 interviews. The rest just didn't bother to reply.
Just keep your head up and know that the right job will come around soon enough. If it makes you feel better, Johnny Depp used to sell Ballpoint Pens over the phone before he became the great actor he is today!
Good luck!
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
