Race to the Start

Graduation is generally a time for extreme excitement and for many seniors, the excuse to slack off more with each passing day.

But it seems like now, in such a terribly economy, things are getting harder every day.

It isn't enough to have a degree anymore. I'm finding myself balancing school, a job, and an internship. Why?

Well, you can't JUST have an education. What good is all that time and money spent anyway?

Oh AND you have work experience? Well, that's nice but what have you done outside of school?

You mean when I wasn't working 40-hours a week? I guess I was sleeping. Or eating. I try to do both.

Well, they also require that you put in some time and do an internship. Not just any internship either. It MUST be unpaid. I take that back. It doesn't have to be unpaid. But it will be, because who doesn't love free labor?

This internship won't come to you easily. You will fight for it to the death. The race for the unpaid internship is brutal. Is anyone else getting this? Does anyone else see the insanity?

Well, ok, so now you are taking 5 classes, working your normal job, and you won an internship (congrats by the way). You are working harder than you ever have or ever will. And here in a few months you will walk across a stage and on the other side awaits...

Nothing.

You are left with a few things to add to your resume and hopefully you kept that one job. Because now it's pretty much luck. You are not guaranteed anything. You busted your butt for what?

This is me. I guess I busted my butt in hopes that I would be given a chance. I lack the "experience" required to gain any job. But maybe someone will see me and let me in the door.

That's all I'm asking. I can handle myself from there.