DON'T GIVE UP.
Here are some of the jobs I interviewed for and/or was offered, as a
history major with an
Asian Studies minor and absolutely
no job experience:
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Administrative assistant at several
tech companies--
salary $30-42k
(Whywait?: Yes, they sounded both uninteresting and
stressful, but at least one included free
programming training as well as
party planning, and that one was the highest-paying one, too...)
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Publishing assistant at
Stone Bridge Press--$35k
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General adminstrative at
Good Vibrations--$32k
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Publishing/
design at the
Berkeley Daily Planet--$27k
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Admin at the
Asian Art museum--$14/hr
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Salesperson at upscale
art gallery--$27k +
commissions
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Tour planner--$not telling, because that's the job I took ;p
I won't
get rich anytime soon, but for
entry level jobs these aren't bad. And I only applied for stuff I thought was
interesting. I still plan to go to
grad school, but it was gratifying to see the variety. This was only a week or two of jobhunting, too. Okay? It can be done. I was pretty
panicked for a while, as you can see if you read my
daylogs, so I want to pass it on:
You are not doomed to flipping burgers. And if you're getting freaked out, /msg me and I'll try to help you with your
cover letter and
resume, because
liberal arts geeks have to stick together.