I didn't get the other job either

May will mark 1 year of unemployment for me, and I'm getting so depressed. Job searching is the most demoralizing experience. I have a friggen PhD and yet I'm not good enough to hire. It just seems like my education was a complete waste.

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Easier said then done, but please don't get disappointed. The right job is out there for you, it's just going to take a couple more shots for you to find it

I am not sure what field you are looking into but are there Head Hunters? In the past I have had the best luck with the job hunt when I have gone with a Head Hunter.

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Beth, can I ask what sites you are using to look? (besides the obvious ones)
Off the top of my head I can think of:
Newscientist
Biocareers
Biospace
Academics.com
Postdocjobs.com

Have you tried any of the government job sites? I was surprised to find a lot of relavant jobs for the government. I forget the name of the site, but I can look on my home computer if you are interested.

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I want a job in STM publishing, so I've been looking at

mediabistro
idealist.org
Wiley website
Springer website
Cambridge university press website
Oxford university press website
Indeed

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I feel for you, I am an attorney and going on 8 months of unemployment. It's a ridiculous market and a very tumultuous ride. Some days I am fine and others I just cry and can't figure out what to do next. I hope that one day we can both look back on this as a learning experience and know that we have found great professional success.

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Posted by Kels78

I feel for you, I am an attorney and going on 8 months of unemployment. It's a ridiculous market and a very tumultuous ride. Some days I am fine and others I just cry and can't figure out what to do next. I hope that one day we can both look back on this as a learning experience and know that we have found great professional success.

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This is sort of out there, but I thought I'd share something that (almost) worked for me when I thought I wanted to get into scientific publishing and couldn't figure out how.

I contacted a journal editor -- not the MAIN editor but one of the subject editors who lived in my area. At most journals, subject editors are university faculty, and they're journal duties are additional work beyond their research, advising, clinical care, etc.

So I contacted one and asked if she needed an editorial assistant -- someone who could help get authors to meet deadlines, send out requests for invited reviews, coordinate and send out comments, etc. It's essentially a clerical job, but you get to interact with authors and call yourself an editorial assistant.

She agreed, I got an interview, and would have taken the job if they pay wasn't so paltry. Like, seriously bad. She even wanted me to do some proposal writing for her lab in my down time.

It takes a bit of legwork and kind of getting out there on a limb -- and I should reiterate that the pay was terrible -- but it's another path to pursue.

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Re: I didn't get the other job either

Are you networking?

Actually calling up alumni from your graduate program who may be in a position to hire you or refer you to potential employers in the field? Most jobs are given to people via contacts these days, many employers are too lazy to read through stacks of resumes when they can just ask an employee whether " this person you know in real life may be a good fit here".

Message edited 4/7/2011 11:09:17 PM.

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