I scour Reddit ALOT. One subreddit I thoroughly enjoy engaging in is "r/findapath." In this subreddit, young people are redundantly asking three formations of the following questions:
These are really important questions, and it got me thinking about how I could help my underemployed peers.
Truth is, there are a lot of different ways to get a well-paying job you love. Most job hunting advice comes from people our parents' age - "career experts" - who are far from "in your shoes." Some of their tips work in one instance or another. Others just don't.
Let me tell you a bit about me. I'm a Millennial, who one-year ago, according to TimeHop, was waiting tables 40+ hours per week in my hometown. I had just dropped out of college because I couldn't support myself and was forced to move in with my dad. Talk about a shitty situation.
Flash forward 6 months. In this short amount of time (that felt like dragged on forever) I negotiated a $72,000 salaried marketing director position and $3,000 in relocation assistance, which moved me to Boston, the land of opportunities.
Of course all of my friends wanted to know one thing - How I pulled it off.
Important Insight: These are the high level bullet points. The big picture of what I would do if I woke up one morning in my former unhappy and underemployed self's cute flip flops and long dresses. I had no contacts. I had little professional experience. Just a roof over my head, free meals and a good head on my shoulders.
With that being said, this is my story of what I would do to move out of my pop's house and on with a career that isn't less than what I have to offer.