What Should You Do After College? Get A Job

If you’re about to graduate from college and still are unsure if you’d like to go to grad school, the best thing you could do to help the decision making process might be to get a job.

Yeah, I know it sounds harsh but it has to happen some time. If you can’t stand the thought of putting on a suit and tie, it might be worth it to just take some type of full time work situation.

This is what I did–after graduation I didn’t know what I wanted to do, so I held 4 part time jobs, all of them very different and interesting. A couple of jobs were in the Theater, one was at a book store, and another was as a secretary in a psychologist’s office. At the time I thought I might want to be a designer or painter in the Theater, or a psychologist, or an English professor. I didn’t know for sure which one, so I took jobs that had something to do with each potential career, and that helped me make my decision.

Taking a job in the real world will not only give you exposure to the fields you’re interested in, but the very experience of seeing what it’s like to work 9-5 may be the wakeup call you need to light the fire that makes you seek a higher education. I know that when I graduated from college, I thought “Oh, I’ll just work and life will be great.” I had the idea to go on to graduate school but I was burnt out from college and my mind could not face another 2 years of intensive study.

But after taking 2 years to work in the real world, I became convinced more than ever that I wanted to do something more with my life. I knew that I wanted a higher level job, one with more satisfaction, and that going to grad school was the next step. When that realization hits you, you will find a way to make it happen. You will discover a passion in yourself that might not have been there before, and you will then have the emotional and mental energy necessary to help you get your master’s degree.

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