Threaten

I don’t know how to feel. After graduation, you are force to look for a job. Mas lalo pang bumigat dahil grumaduate ka with honors. Feeling ng mga tao perfect ka na. Feeling nila di ka na nagkakamali. I hate those opinions. Ayokong pino-force. Ayokong pinagsasabihan. Matigas na kung matigas ulo ko. Pero ayoko kasi ng comparison. Yun yung pinakamatinding bagay na kinaiinisan ko. Feeling ko, I’m so weak everytime I’m compared to others lalo na pag sinasabi nilang “bat si ganyan, ikaw ano ka pa nga, di mo siya gayahin”. I don’t want to clone anyone. Gusto ko maging successful sa sarili kong paraan. 

I hope Lord, grant niyo po yung wish ko this time. Thank you :)

Afraid to commit mistakes :(

TANGNALUNGS Bakit di kasi ako biniyayaan ng editing skills. Daming ideas di naman maexecute. Hay nakakawalang pag-asa. Pero andyan yung mga signs nagpaparamdam na e…. Pano ba to?

Why do I always feel so alone?

Don’t judge a book by its cover.

beben-eleben:

Your Math textbook has a picture of people enjoying themselves on it. You did not enjoy yourself at all.

hahaha CORRECT!

How to, like, write cover letters and resumes and know what jobs to apply to and shit.

beben-eleben:

Basically I have been blessed to be close to people who work in hiring and were very, very willing to pass along their knowledge and tips and since a lot of people I know on here seem mystified by these things, I will share my vast wealth of knowledge with you*

*Some of this knowledge might be contradicted by specifics from your own field. If you’re a chemical engineer some of these things might not apply and that’s fine. This is just ~*widely applicable*~ stuff.

Cover Letters

Cover letters are the stupidest part of a job application. The cover letter is really only there to show two things: 1) That you have a command of language that is both accurate and appropriate; 2) you read the job listing.

• Your cover letter should be short. The hirer has likely read hundreds that day, and by read, I mean “skimmed over lightly.” You don’t need to fill up an entire page. 
• It should only contain pertinent information. Do not try to be cutesy or “creative” unless the job listing SPECIFICALLY asks for that. Trust me, I’ve had to hire people. Those people’s letters got passed around for mocking. DO NOT BE THAT PERSON.
• It should speak to the job listing, but only enough that it shows that you read it. If the job listing emphasizes that they’re looking for somebody who is willing to work odd hours, throw in a line that in your past experience you have been noted for being flexible with time. It doesn’t need a Faulkner-length explanation.
• If you know the name of the person to whom the letter is addressed, address it to them. If you it is a blind application, you don’t need to put “To Whom It May Concern” or “Dear Sir/Madam;” just don’t say anything.
• Stop freaking out about it. Seriously, your CL is not nearly as scary as you think it is. If you want to see a screenshot if an example cover letter that is a “catch all,” click here. I just pulled this out of my ass for a fictional job/person.

Resumes

Your resume is not an “employment record.” Unless you have no experience, it should only list the things that are the most impressive or demonstrate your abilities the clearest. 

• If you have an “Objective” on your resume, take it off. All of the employers I know said, “We KNOW your objective—you want the job! It just takes up space.” 
• Always make sure that your resume is formatted cleanly and with maximum readability in mind. I strongly, strongly suggest visiting this link to see how to format your resume best. Visual cleanliness matters. 
• Your resume should be ONE page. Just one. Not two or more. 
• You can’t lie on your resume; you can learn how to make things sound more impressive. If you worked at a hair salon cleaning up, don’t say “Swept floors.” Instead write, “Contributed to the efficiency and cleanliness of the salon by sweeping floors.” It sounds like bullshit to you, but to a prospective employer, it sounds like you’re happy being part of a team. Try to describe what you did in at least 7 words.
• You can divide your resume if you want to highlight certain experiences over others. Making two sections such as “Relevant Experience” and “Other Experience” breaks it up, allows the reader to skip around, and let’s you highlight what you want to highlight.
• Learn to weed things out. Unless you can make it look like it taught you something huge, don’t waste the space. At the same time, if a job sucked but you can make it appear like it really impacted you, use it. This is not the truth about how you felt about that last job. This is you advertising yourself. You’re trying to get a job, not a Nobel Prize for emotional honesty. 

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