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Would You Work for Free?
How willing are you to work for free?
Have you?
Do your friends and family share your mentality?
How did you work your way into your dream job?
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This seems to be a question that a lot of my friends are facing. As they're graduating from college, they're seeing the slow job market first-hand. Many of them are attempting to minimize expenses by moving in with family, or finding cheap rent in another state where their savings has the potential to last longer.
I've always assumed that one has to prove themselves in a field in order to make a name for themselves before they'll really find the job that they love. This can be accomplished through part-time volunteer work during off-hours from your un-loveable paying job, or by accepting a full-time unpaid internship. It seems like common sense to take whatever offers come your way to make a little headway into the field of your interest.
But yet I keep running into peers who don't share this mentality. They don't want to spend any time volunteering. They don't even think of offering to help out with something that they love. They stay at home day in and day out, filling out applications. But they make no attempt at networking. Many don't even know where to begin. What's worse, they seem to scoff at the very idea of showing ambition. It is almost as though they expect a perfect job to fall into their arms. I'm reminded of a child who wants so badly to play in a pool and have fun with his friends, but is too afraid to jump.
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"Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq
"violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy
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