I am SO scared — Page 2

This is the biggest myth! Your BEST stance is to take a job, even a low paying one. It depends on your state, but you can usually keep at least SOME of your benefits when you go to work at a low paying job. You can make more money this way AND get more training and work experience as well as be in line to move into a full-time spot!

Call me! I'd love to hang up on you.

Have you tried The Container Store?

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Another thought:

Be a little pro-active. If you're looking for something in administration, contact someone in a higher up position at a company you'd like to work for (NOT HR, BTW) and call them for "career advice". Assure them that you're NOT looking for a position, just a chance to talk about the field and its opportunities. Make sure they understand you only want ten minutes of their time, no more.

Then, do your homework about the company. Find out everything you can about them: their products, their sales, their R&D. Go to that interview knowing as much as possible so you can make some appropriate statement like "I see your company increased its overseas sales by 25% last year. What kind of administrative issues did that create?"

Believe it or not, if you talk to corporate leaders of ten companies like this, five will offer you a job of some kind.

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Even "limited population centers" have hustler strips. Don't seem to be no reason a pretty little thing like you needs to go hungry.

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