Comments on: Didn’t End Up Where I Thought I Would http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/06/28/didnt-end-up-where-i-thought-i-would/ Issues that matter and resources for white collar workers of any profession or employment status. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:46:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: leo http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/06/28/didnt-end-up-where-i-thought-i-would/#comment-61512 leo Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:17:26 +0000 http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/06/28/didnt-end-up-where-i-thought-i-would/#comment-61512 What's the problem with us bro (I'm systems engineer and I work in a factory...), do we are too fat?, I suppose you are not black (I'm not black), too white?, are we not enough good looking?, WHY WE DIDN'T ??!!! What’s the problem with us bro (I’m systems engineer and I work in a factory…), do we are too fat?, I suppose you are not black (I’m not black), too white?, are we not enough good looking?, WHY WE DIDN’T ??!!!

]]> By: Dawn Follin http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/06/28/didnt-end-up-where-i-thought-i-would/#comment-28112 Dawn Follin Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:59:02 +0000 http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/06/28/didnt-end-up-where-i-thought-i-would/#comment-28112 It's interesting reading blogs from people who are not working in their degree field. I manage to get a degree in Computer Information Systems after going to school for 7 years. It was my dream to become a top notch computer programmer, systems analyst or even a database administrator. These are the positions I had hoped for and I actually had the audacity to think that my life would be set once I got my degree. After getting my degree in 2000, I sent out over 250 resumes to potential employers. Looking for a job was a full-time job in itself. The jobs for which I applied sounded right up my alley and I was excited to enter this field. Days, weeks, months went by with no bites. I went to job placement agencies, searched the web day and night and even walked into several companies cold, but there was no interest. Out of the 250 resumes I only received 3 interviews. The biggest problem was that I didn't have experience in the field even though my degree was solid and I received honors. I am now still working in an administrative assistant capacity because that was all I could get. This is the same thing I was doing 20 years ago before I even got a degree. The pay is very low and I live with my mother (I'm 41) because I don't make enough money to support myself and my two children. I don't like this work and I feel like my brain is rotting. The icing on the cake is that I still have to pay back $50,000 worth of student loans and I don't know where I'm going to get the money to do that. I understand fully about shattered dreams and not ending up where you thought you would be. I was supposed to be in a high paying IT job with a farm and two horses. ;-) It’s interesting reading blogs from people who are not working in their degree field.

I manage to get a degree in Computer Information Systems after going to school for 7 years. It was my dream to become a top notch computer programmer, systems analyst or even a database administrator. These are the positions I had hoped for and I actually had the audacity to think that my life would be set once I got my degree.

After getting my degree in 2000, I sent out over 250 resumes to potential employers. Looking for a job was a full-time job in itself. The jobs for which I applied sounded right up my alley and I was excited to enter this field. Days, weeks, months went by with no bites. I went to job placement agencies, searched the web day and night and even walked into several companies cold, but there was no interest. Out of the 250 resumes I only received 3 interviews. The biggest problem was that I didn’t have experience in the field even though my degree was solid and I received honors.

I am now still working in an administrative assistant capacity because that was all I could get. This is the same thing I was doing 20 years ago before I even got a degree. The pay is very low and I live with my mother (I’m 41) because I don’t make enough money to support myself and my two children. I don’t like this work and I feel like my brain is rotting. The icing on the cake is that I still have to pay back $50,000 worth of student loans and I don’t know where I’m going to get the money to do that.

I understand fully about shattered dreams and not ending up where you thought you would be. I was supposed to be in a high paying IT job with a farm and two horses. ;-)

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