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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 1788483" data-attributes="member: 3649">Every single job that I've gotten, I got after I politely called back exactly a week later to see if the position had been filled or if there was any more information I could offer them. I really do think some wait to see if anyone calls back; that indicates true interest in the position.  I understand what you mean. My Mom honestly thought the college would in fact place me in a job, because apparently that's what they did back in the '40's and '50's. No more. Colleges care not one whit what happens to you after you stop sending them that tuition check.  It depends on the area and it depends on who you know. There are, frankly, too many people seeking too few jobs. It depends on what you'll do, which (thankfully) sounds like anything at this moment.  I'm sure you've heard it a thousand times by now, and I'm sure you'll hear it again: The only thing an English Degree tells today's job market that you wasted four years of college time unless you get damn lucky or are willing to move, and I'm kinda surprised your college didn't tell you that.  I can sympathize. I got a BS in Psychology, and got a real shock when I started looking for a job. [Younger forum members, learn from this mistake. Start your job search the day you sign up for freshman classes. Really. If you wait until the last few months to start pounding the pavement and making contacts, it's at least a year too late]. I went to the state job service here, and the woman literally laughed out loud when I gave her my major and classes. "I'm sorry, I'm about four years too late to help you, son," is what she said. She did her best, though, but all of them paid less than the retail job I already had. Certainly nothing was anything you could build an actual career on. So I sucked it up and stayed with the retail job I'd had all that time, went back to school and finished off a computer science major with business minor in a little under two years since I'd had a good chunk of the basic classes anyway.  I'd suggest that if you find something, try to take night classes until you can get something more marketable. Edit: A suggestion comes to mind: look at the <a href="http://www.gms.state.ga.us/" target="_blank">State of Georgia Merit System</a>. Many, many times the requirements will say 'or equivilant' or something similar. You'd be amazed at what you can convince them is 'equivilant'. And if it's like the Alabama Merit System, you can then transfer to other positions as they open. <a href="http://thejobsite.org/jobsearch/jobdetail.asp?ReqNum=484-16801aj" target="_blank">Like maybe this job here....</a></blockquote>

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