English Major Struggling to Find a Job

I just graduated from college. It took me years and lots of money to get my bachelor's degree. But unfortunately for me, I picked to be an English major. During these economic times, where jobs are hard to get, jobs for obscure majors like English are even harder to get.

I can write. I can read. I can articulate things to make them sound better than they actually are. I can write essays with my eyes close. I am highly intellectual and could rattle off the most useless facts. But none of this will get me money. I can knock out an amazing resume but still no one wants me. I am one of the many college students suffering. I should have become a nurse or a teacher but even those fields are struggling.

Did I pick the wrong major, or just the wrong time to graduate? Now with my loans soon needing to be paid back and my bank account decreasing not increasing, I find myself struggling more and more. I was supposed to be poor in college, not after college. Moved back in with parents to help my situation but I seem to be going backwards not going forward. Is there a way to move forward in these troubling times?

Slowly the stocks are going up but so are gas prices. Hopes are rising because the president seems too positive for our future. But I have had hopes and dreams for years. I want to be out in the world making money, enjoying my life. I feel like a little kid trapped under my parents, my bills, and my uncertain future. My diploma was supposed to be my ticket into the successful future. But now I am competing with so many people trying to get a job.

So now I sit on my lap top hoping to get a call or an email telling me I have an interview for a job. I need to be moving forward. I want to be able to say I graduated with an English degree proudly. Instead of saying would you like fries with that? Not that I am bashing the fast food industry I worked their fondly for years but I did not go to school; spend all that money, just to go back to my high school job. For now all I can do is hope, like the rest of the country, hope for better times. I hope that I have a future. I hope I can grow and get ahead one day, so that I can one day start a family and save up my money to send my children to school. One day they will graduate from college and I will hope that they will have it easier then me.