Not a fresh grad, but faced problems getting a job out of the gate. Could have been 2009 financial crisis playing a small part, but largely was about being an SIM grad (and this was even after I graduated Magna Cum Laude from SIM-UB).
I applied but didn't get a job for 4 months, and jumped into a publishing internship for a magazine that had just gone digital and wanted to grow their social media (this was early 2010 so it was early days for Social). They paid $1000 a month. They said: No experience, so pay you less.
Took me a long while to get a full-time job. But that was at a boutique creative agency and they paid $1800 a month. Found a niche in social media. But they said: Social Media is new, and we don't know how things will play out.
The odd thing was that they promoted me, and then I got into upper management in a very short time.
That erased all the doubt in my next job, which came a lot easier, and paid almost 4 times more. The grind, and all the relationships I built helped with getting a full-ride scholarship later in my life.
So I think you might face steep difficulty in the early days, but if you focus on what you can do very well, then it is easier for you later.
Not a fresh grad, but faced problems getting a job out of the gate. Could have been 2009 financial crisis playing a small part, but largely was about being an SIM grad (and this was even after I graduated Magna Cum Laude from SIM-UB).
I applied but didn't get a job for 4 months, and jumped into a publishing internship for a magazine that had just gone digital and wanted to grow their social media (this was early 2010 so it was early days for Social). They paid $1000 a month. They said: No experience, so pay you less.
Took me a long while to get a full-time job. But that was at a boutique creative agency and they paid $1800 a month. Found a niche in social media. But they said: Social Media is new, and we don't know how things will play out.
The odd thing was that they promoted me, and then I got into upper management in a very short time.
That erased all the doubt in my next job, which came a lot easier, and paid almost 4 times more. The grind, and all the relationships I built helped with getting a full-ride scholarship later in my life.
So I think you might face steep difficulty in the early days, but if you focus on what you can do very well, then it is easier for you later.