https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/learning-to-be-happy-in-a-bad-situation/m-p/455367#M39037 <P>Hi Checkthebatteries, and welcome.</P> <P>I am sorry for the situation you are in, and I hope I don't upset when I say this, and if I do please tell me.</P> <P>I think you've partly answered your own comment ' <EM>I can never get a job in the areas I want, no matter how many qualifications I get'</EM>, and ' <EM>I have no experience in the fields you like, just degrees from 5 years ag</EM>o', then by <BR /> then having a piece of paper hanging on a wall means nothing now and in a few years, especially as you are unable to get any work, so are they worth doing.</P> <P>Don't compare yourself to your friends, because you look different, your personalities are not the same as are your circumstances.</P> <P>Maybe how you to look at a different job and perhaps I can give you an example (which certainly may not be like your situation) if you have a masters in a drafting licence but have no idea of how to use your hands then you <G class="gr_ gr_685 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del" id="685" data-gr-id="685">maybe</G> wasting your time, but however, it doesn't stop you from being a window cleaner.</P> <P>If you stop studying then you can always go back to it at a later stage.</P> <P>Best wishes.</P> <P>Geoff.</P> Thu, 12 Sep 2019 17:33:42 GMT geoff 2019-09-12T17:33:42Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/learning-to-be-happy-in-a-bad-situation/m-p/455366#M39036 I'm feeling really trapped and depressed at work. I have two degrees in fields that are related and am scheduled to finish my part-time postgrad studies next year in a more abstract but somewhat elated field.<BR /> <BR /> However, I can never get a job in the areas I want, no matter how many qualifications I get. So I take something else, hate it and change jobs. I have a CV containing six of these entry level jobs unrelated to each other or my qualifications. Plus degree assortment that is beoming more unrelated. I never like my jobs because they are in areas I don't find interesting. Now I’m in a part-time job I've had for 4 years and I hate it.<BR /> <BR /> I saw a career advisor last year for a small fortune. She reviewed my CV, told me what jobs I should apply for to build my career, how to explain my different jobs ect. So I started looking for work a year ago and I have not got one interview. I spend so much time on so many applications. I saw a second advisor for free at university. They had different ideas on CV writing. Asdid did the next career advisor. And so does every career forum. I applied for jobs that I am overqualified for related to my career interests but still got rejected. I ensured my CV ect. and LinkedIn are updated. Networking was useless plus I have social anxiety. I volunteer lots but that's a dead end. <BR /> I am really depressed. I cry all the time. I told my therapist but it didn't help. I can't afford my income, I suck at my job, and it's stressful and unfulfilling. I don’t like the people, the work and it's boring, Career development is nil (I am so sick of entry level work that I won't move up in). I avoid my friends because I am sad and my job and the failure to find a new one after so long is embarrassing. What’s worse is any nice people are leaving for other jobs so I feel like a failure and lonely without even one interview. My friends have get better work recently with careers. 5-10 years ago I got interviews for at least 30% of jobs. Now I can’t get one for career starter jobs. I have no experience in the fields I like - just degrees from 5 years ago- and a disjointed career/study history of 14 years that can't be explained away. I'm just unemployable stuck in this depressing job forever. I get no sleep and work makes me ill. But I need the money. My studies suffer too as it feels like a waste to study when I won't be able to get a job. <BR /> Any advice on how to learnt to be happy in a job you hate but will be doing for the rest of your life? Thu, 12 Sep 2019 16:02:10 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/learning-to-be-happy-in-a-bad-situation/m-p/455366#M39036 Checkthebatteries 2019-09-12T16:02:10Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/learning-to-be-happy-in-a-bad-situation/m-p/455367#M39037 <P>Hi Checkthebatteries, and welcome.</P> <P>I am sorry for the situation you are in, and I hope I don't upset when I say this, and if I do please tell me.</P> <P>I think you've partly answered your own comment ' <EM>I can never get a job in the areas I want, no matter how many qualifications I get'</EM>, and ' <EM>I have no experience in the fields you like, just degrees from 5 years ag</EM>o', then by <BR /> then having a piece of paper hanging on a wall means nothing now and in a few years, especially as you are unable to get any work, so are they worth doing.</P> <P>Don't compare yourself to your friends, because you look different, your personalities are not the same as are your circumstances.</P> <P>Maybe how you to look at a different job and perhaps I can give you an example (which certainly may not be like your situation) if you have a masters in a drafting licence but have no idea of how to use your hands then you <G class="gr_ gr_685 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del" id="685" data-gr-id="685">maybe</G> wasting your time, but however, it doesn't stop you from being a window cleaner.</P> <P>If you stop studying then you can always go back to it at a later stage.</P> <P>Best wishes.</P> <P>Geoff.</P> Thu, 12 Sep 2019 17:33:42 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/learning-to-be-happy-in-a-bad-situation/m-p/455367#M39037 geoff 2019-09-12T17:33:42Z