How I feel whenever someone asks me about my plans after graduation

bright_ephemera · 9 months

One word: Plastics.

Firstprime · 9 months

randpand · 9 months

Wait until you do graduate and have to answer this question while you're living at home and working as a hostess AKA my life.

thepusherman · 9 months

Relevant

TheUnwinnable · 9 months

When in doubt, throw rocks at trains.

_little_kid_lover · 9 months

...that's not a shot of Charlie from It's Always Sunny. It appears to be from Going the Distance.

funkah · 9 months

I learned a lot in college, but I had mediocre grades because I didn't like doing homework. So, on paper I didn't look like a great candidate, but one company did email me after I applied with them. And that email went straight into my spam folder.

Fortunately for me, the HR dude was very persistent and called me after not hearing from me. This is very unusual; most recruitment people don't have the time or inclination to babysit candidates who can't handle simple communication with the person who is trying to get them a job. If it weren't for his persistence, I wouldn't have gotten a job two days after I graduated, and my career would probably still be all fucked up because of it.

I got hired at that job, kicked ass, and now have a pretty good career. But I never forget the role that luck played. I think about this often, whenever I hear someone talking that bootstraps/rugged individualism talk. And this was all back in 2004, when people could actually get a job, sort of. Today?

guyguy23 · 9 months

Get a Job.

glglglglgl · 9 months

HA HA JOBBIES MEANS POOP*

*IN SCOTLAND

TheCodexx · 9 months

The war's over. The bums lost. I recommend you get a job like your parents did, Mr. Lebowski.

ghostarmadillo · 9 months

Back in my day (gawd so old) the roaring early 90's, I graduated from college with a liberal arts degree and it took me almost a year to find a job. I sold effing cars. Did it for a year, and did pretty well saved up enough to pay for most of grad school. Now I have an MA and a decent job in my field. But more importantly, that shit job taught me more about life than anything I learned during my undergrad. Yes, I'm another crotchety old bastard who doesn't get what all the complaining is about. Damn kids, get off my lawn and effing do something 'til something better comes along!!

senfood · 9 months

I would be laughing more at this if I didn't manage to get a job right out of college. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to eat a Milk Steak while eating a top hat.

karmadogma · 9 months

You could become a fullonrapist. Kids, old people...

tony_bologna · 9 months

reddit: letting you know how unoriginal you really are - since, I dunno 2006 or something.

istillfeelyou · 9 months

In Scotland a "jobbie" is slang for poop.

lol

SofaCommander · 9 months

One word: plastics.

TerryArchi · 9 months

For those who don't get the job...ehm joke, getting a job is difficult.

FriendlyEgoBooster · 9 months

As a 2011 graduate, and this being December, and with me graduating Summa Cum Laude (or as I like to call it: Super Cum Loadey), let me say that it sucks out here in the real world.

Later! I'll be in my parents' attic if you need me.

[deleted] · 9 months

I'm in such a weird situation right now. I applied to only one job for after graduation during the beginning of my senior year just for kicks to see what the interview process would be like. I actually got the fucking job though... Shocked the hell out of me.

willyolio · 9 months

also, whenever anyone makes the comment "Homeless people are just lazy. they should go and get a job."

I feel like smacking them. Coming from a university grad.

jerisho · 9 months

HOW MANY TIMES WILL THIS BE POSTED?

bs0l · 9 months

On the bright side, there's always money in the bananastand! What? Wrong show? Oh...

[deleted] · 9 months

Maybe you should've done a course in something "safer".

latenightlurk · 9 months

repost of a repost

cardinalorange · 9 months

If I have to see this picture one more time with some vague title about "this is how I feel when XXX asks me about my YYY" I might throw this monitor out of the window

vbar44 · 9 months

See, you're probably joking but I am actually feeling this very hard

BigCheeseyNuggets · 9 months

FYI in Scotland jobbies is a colloquial term for poop.

-Torgo- · 9 months

...What are your plans after graduation? Doss around doing fuck all because job land doesn't exist?

Thermodynamicist · 9 months

As an engineer, I want to build a job cannon now.

Perhaps reddit can find a geographer who knows where job land is?

ibakecookies · 9 months

This is funny because where I'm from a 'jobbie' is a turd :)

bemaniac · 9 months

If you go into Computer Science, that's pretty much how it works.

mariod505 · 9 months

What I did after graduating -> got a job.

dejerik · 9 months

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oxemoron · 9 months

When I was having touble getting a job right out of college in 2009... my mom would email me links to jobs on like Monster.com. Because apparently she thought that was all it took to get a job, a quick google search. I'm not sure when that episode aired, but it would have been extremely relevant at the time.

Bipolarruledout · 9 months

Ha. Amateurs.

Back in MY day, when I couldn't get a job, I quit my bitching, I strapped on my working boots, lit a cigar, and BECAME A GODDAMNED CAMGIRL! Because you don't need a resume to get naked on the Internet.

And fuck if I'm gonna sit on my ass and let my fiance pay for all my shit.

Immynimmy · 9 months

Alright, I gotta go fill in her dick hole bro.

the_composer · 9 months

You're clearly not a CS major.

Kalium · 9 months

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Realworld · 9 months

You're living somewhere, right? Presumably with your folks, relatives or friends. Get busy making yourself useful.

I started adult life with near-useless liberal arts degree and no money. Out of pure restlessness I cleaned my folk's basement and garage; building shelves out of salvaged lumber, sorting everything into boxes and labeling them. With garage space available and misplaced tools located/organized, I acquired and revived a derelict car. Volunteered giving swimming lessons with a local organization which paid moderate amount for transportation costs. Used small cash surplus to drive to big city and sell my just-repaired car.

And so on and so on. If you keep stirring the pot something eventually develops.

Doing anything is better than sitting around feeling sorry for yourself.

kingbobofyourhouse · 9 months

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEgu7jdc_fs#t=16

thatwasntveryraven · 9 months

I'm gonna drink a lot of beer and stay out aaaaaalllllllllllllll night!

Lecard · 9 months

Well the circle is complete. I finally have seen one of my first posts as a repost.

Klitzy420 · 9 months

Our plans for after graduation from high school were dampened by a war the US was involved in and guys were being drafted into the military. The draft had to be included as part of any plan ... go to college and get drafted while in college? enlist and get it over with? take a chance at not being drafted? Definite incentive killer.

Rehtori · 9 months

This is about the third time i'v seen this on the front page....

Prof_G · 9 months

Plastics

The_Real_Baldero · 9 months

Upvotes for REPOSTS!!!!!

cjrisi88 · 9 months

hahaha in Scotland Jobbies is what people call their shit.

IamKEIL · 9 months

I like how this meme is Charlie's quote from Its Always Sunny, but the image is from the movie Going the Distance.

informationmissing · 9 months

Move to North Dakota? I think that's what he meant when he said JobLand.

whackityschmackitydo · 9 months

META Graduation Goggles?

Xyon81 · 9 months

The picture isn't from its always sunny!

mjfikes · 9 months

stop reposting and get a job!

darkotter · 9 months

Hmm, supposedly my department has a 100% graduate employment record at the moment. I dunno how they do it but I can only assume they have figured out how to cultivate jobbies.

thegrumpygnome · 9 months

Are you a philosophy major, too?

ssethrx · 9 months

How many times can this get reposted? Haha...there should just be a link in the nav bar directly to this image.

jjorly1 · 9 months

I just finished college yesterday and i don't even have a resume.

17Hongo · 9 months

You are aware that a "jobbie" is a shit, right?

[deleted] · 9 months

A few tips for job seekers. -Stop sending the same job application to every listing. Every application needs to be customized. -Produce things related to your field on your own (very important), list it in the resume. -If you are not good with formatting, find a resume template that's well laid out, and easy to read. -Keep motivational letters short, and free of bullshit. -If you get an interview, show up on time. -Don't go to Monster, you'll be competing against hundreds of other applicants. Rather, identify interesting companies, and check the job section of their website regularly. -Don't apply to high level positions, it's a waste of time.

calpoop · 9 months

"Why don't I call someone whose JOB it is to fix it? You know why? Because when I need a JOB done, I need someone with a JOB to DO the JOB!"

Tanie · 9 months

Been there, got a job. Now they ask when I'm going to grad school to get another job. It never ends.

[deleted] · 9 months

Totally thought I would see this picture instead: http://i.imgur.com/MHOKf.jpg

That's basically me after graduating and trying to find a job lol

ScotteeMC · 9 months

Jobbies is plural for Jobby, which in Scotland means...turd.

This is far more amusing to me than it should be.

chris-martin · 9 months

THAT'S NOT WHERE HE IS WHEN HE SAYS THAT

Danevati · 9 months

did anyone say it in his voice too?

Thepunk28 · 9 months

So when someone says "what are you doing after graduation?" you shout at them as if they asked you why you don't have a job?

The response doesn't seem to fit the question asked.

s4gres · 9 months

What was your GPA?

iceagecoming · 9 months

Easy problem to fix. Grad school!

Klitzy420 · 9 months

They're called résumés, they work pretty well. But it only works if you can write a good one and it only gets you to the interview. If you're intelligent and competent I'm sure you'll have no problem in an interview though. Just because you have a a hard time finding jobs with your skill set does not mean that it is hard to find jobs. You just gotta try a little harder.

funny

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