UnionAveGirl
02-11-2008, 03:17 PM
I am finally graduating in May with a degree in Art History. Last spring I took an internship at a gallery to gain some experience in the field. I don't have the best grades but I have been maintaining a 3.00 GPA for my entire college career. I have always had jobs at aquatic facilities and have gained some management experience there.
My problem is that I feel like no one is even looking at my resume. I have applied for job after job and have not gotten one call from anyone. Some I have tried to follow up on but have failed to get anything out of these people.
To make matters worse I talked to my boss at my internship and he said not to even waste my time. That I don't have enough experience, that I should be filling out grant applications in the gallery's name so I can work full time there. I have been working pretty much for free all summer and the one day a week I am there during the school year. He knows some of the people I would be working with and all he has to do is make a phone call but he won't because he is extremely difficult to work with and I put up with it. Since he has basically gotten me to work for free he wants me stay.
In job hunting the only jobs I have been finding are sales and business related. If I wanted one of those jobs I would have gone in that direction. I am getting very fustrated, but I don't understand if I am trying to early or what.
My problem is that I feel like no one is even looking at my resume. I have applied for job after job and have not gotten one call from anyone. Some I have tried to follow up on but have failed to get anything out of these people.
To make matters worse I talked to my boss at my internship and he said not to even waste my time. That I don't have enough experience, that I should be filling out grant applications in the gallery's name so I can work full time there. I have been working pretty much for free all summer and the one day a week I am there during the school year. He knows some of the people I would be working with and all he has to do is make a phone call but he won't because he is extremely difficult to work with and I put up with it. Since he has basically gotten me to work for free he wants me stay.
In job hunting the only jobs I have been finding are sales and business related. If I wanted one of those jobs I would have gone in that direction. I am getting very fustrated, but I don't understand if I am trying to early or what.