tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896866343594338160.post3875284062692014286..comments2023-05-01T20:06:21.012+09:00Comments on Kristin's Korean -er- Californian Life: How Salsa Saved Me (and helped me ruin my life)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896866343594338160.post-68860791265850368362013-06-24T01:20:48.833+09:002013-06-24T01:20:48.833+09:00If you haven't already, you should file charge...If you haven't already, you should file charges against the guy who raped you. Good luck with the job search. The economy is picking up, albeit slowly, and you're still young, so you have your entire life ahead of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896866343594338160.post-76011492868757827862013-06-15T13:28:00.254+09:002013-06-15T13:28:00.254+09:00I have done a couple temp jobs here and there and ...I have done a couple temp jobs here and there and actually got a job as a recruiter, but lost it after 3 days because of some internal miscommunications. Basically, my boss's boss didn't know she hired me and didn't want me in the first place so he made her get rid of me so he could transfer someone in from another branch. She was fired about a month later. After that I stopped trying my luck in that arena.<br /><br />Part of the problem is that I'm in Silicon Valley and I'm not technical. Actually, that's pretty much the whole problem. This place is paradise so the competition is fierce, and the non-technical career field is small. It takes most people at least 6 months to find a job here, so I'm not the only one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04528048683012109792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896866343594338160.post-77413484145157001512013-06-15T13:24:32.982+09:002013-06-15T13:24:32.982+09:00Thank you for reading and for your input. I know t...Thank you for reading and for your input. I know that this is just a phase, and I'm sure many people all over the world can relate. I'm volunteering for the Red Cross and have met a guy in the field of providing case working and psychological/psychiatric services to refugees. I'm thinking of going back to school for clinical psychology and refreshing my French, which I was once fluent in. I could easily work in that field and help the refugee community greatly. If I had gotten a job right off the bat, I'd never have found out that such a field exists, so this period of unemployment has actually helped me find a niche I would like to fill.<br /><br />Part of the reason I keep writing and letting it be so melodramatic is that when it all works out and I find a place in the world, people who are lost in their own lives will be able to see that someone like me who had lost all hope could make it. I hope to be an inspiration for people like me. <br /><br />Also, this phase of returning to my home country and not fitting in is part of the answer to the question, "what if I had run away to the other side of the world?" Because I did, and this is what happened. It's not always pretty, and the grass is not always greener. Be happy for the choices you've made in your own life and don't regret the ones you didn't.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04528048683012109792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896866343594338160.post-59686796094027528042013-06-15T10:03:34.081+09:002013-06-15T10:03:34.081+09:00Have you tried working with a temp agency or a rec...Have you tried working with a temp agency or a recruiter?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896866343594338160.post-75443790292002166382013-06-15T08:56:35.911+09:002013-06-15T08:56:35.911+09:00Hi Kristen,
This blog ends on a positive note, bu...Hi Kristen,<br /><br />This blog ends on a positive note, but I've been catching up on your blog, so my post is probably in response to all of your posts in the last year.<br /><br />It can take a really long time to get a job, especially if you are not willing to take just anything. I know that some of your feelings and state of mind may be due to your mental health, but personally, I think it is impossible to be an overall failure at 24. Of course some things won't turn out the way you hope, but after giving it your all, you have to find a way to accept that some things are out of your hands, and that's okay.<br /><br />I feel like you are making the mistake a lot of twenty somethings make of believing that you should have everything sorted out by now, and becoming delusioned that your initial dreams didn't come true. The quarter life crisis is a thing for a reason, and you are firmly entrenched. I am only a couple of years older than you, but I work with a lot of people who are close to retirement. They have all had many jobs and lived many lives. It gives them stories to tell. You have stories to tell and you'll have more.<br /><br />I don't know what type of jobs you are applying for. Admin positions are often boring, but they are a good way to get in the door of a company. Then once something else opens, you can apply for that. Also, since you have this blog, you may be able to find work as a Virtual Assistant. <br /><br />These may not be a good fit for you, but I'm sure you'll think of something. I read another blog by a woman who participated in the English assistant program in France. When she came home, she didn't really want to be in the US anymore, nor did she want to work for anyone else, so she started a blog called <a href="www.rulebreakersclub.com" rel="nofollow"> The Rule Breaker's Club</a>. I think it would be useful for you whenever you start making new plans.<br />Reve Cnoreply@blogger.com