The job hunting process is utterly demoralizing. I've been sending out some 20 resumes a week for, well, two weeks in a row and not even one phone calls. Okay, I got one call from an agency that didn't go anywhere. Got a few junk mail/email, but that's pretty much it. The wonderful email from Google didn't exactly help with my self-esteem.
So I did some research on average time on job hunting. Of course that really doesn't mean much, some people just have better qualifications and are better at selling themselves. Regardless, the site said on average expect one week for every $2,000 sought. What does that mean? Say if you are looking for a $50,000 job, it'll take you on average 25 weeks... Once again, average does not mean it'll take me at least or at most that long to get a job, but that figure makes me feel better about sending out massive amount of resume and not hearing a word back.
Okay, I lied again, I actually got a NICE rejection letter yesterday. I was actually HAPPY. Everything is NICE after that email from Hell. I was almost tempted to write back to the person and thank him/her for the rejection email. That was, at least, a sign that he has so much as skimmed through my resume. T.T
The strange statistic makes me feel good about sending out resumes, and the resume-sending portion of my life is currently helping me suffer through my current godawful job. T.T
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