Just need a place to vent that isn't my friends with jobs lined up or my mother telling me the "right thing will come."

I'm a senior biology major in college with absolutely no clue what I want to do with my life. Interned on a farm the past two summers, absolutely LOVED it, but there's no current job openings that are long-term and stable (summer internships, pay is horrible usually). I keep applying for jobs in my area in the general biology field ish - micro lab assistant, biotech entry level positions, animal care positions, etc etc - but no matter how many I apply to, I cannot for the life of me seem to hear back from any of them. It's not my resume, my school does a minimum of two separate classes focused entirely on resume building and I've had it triple checked by my peers. And it shouldn't be my experience, because I have the lab work, the animal care experience, the study abroad experience, the school.

I knew the job market was going to be bad coming into this, but I'm genuinely worried that I'm going to wind up as a barista forever. Not to dog on my baristas, I've been one for 7 years, I adore the work you do, but I didn't go to school for 4 years to do the same job I was doing in high school. My mother keeps telling me that I just need to apply, just need to reach out and do this and that, and I'm already doing everything. I literally cannot do anything else short of walking into the building and begging for an interview.

I don't think there's really any advice that can be given on the subject that I haven't already heard, I've just been applying to jobs nonstop and needed a place to let out my frustration. I know it's not true, but I feel like everybody around me has their life so much more together than I do, and like I'm just falling behind.

Spinel Grotto said:

The job market is shit right now. I can't find a single one - thousands of resumes sent out and not a reply. I'm really sorry you're struggling with this too, it's super rough, especially with all the work you've put into your degree. Fingers crossed things start looking up for you!

Thank you. Wishing the same for you - I know it's been absolutely horrible, and all the resources I've been looking at are saying it's just going to get worse and worse >.> Just gotta have faith that we'll find something, somewhere along the way!