I know what it is to come to a job fair in a time of crisis and se hundreds of applicants. I know what it is to be in the line with some 200 people in front of you.
I know what it is to look for a job in a time of recession. Believe me. I have lived that in the past. And I have lived that in a country where there was no stimulus package when recession used to hit.
I can tell you one thing for certain. If you do not feel you can do it, you are not likely to do it. To look for a job you need a high self esteem and the conviction that you will do it, and the stubborn determination of doing it.
Giving up takes people to nowhere.
Right now it is specially hard if you are not used to crisis. I understand that. What do you think about countries that have been living in crisis in the last 50 years? Economists in US (do not worry I am not blaming you, since you were not back then) have told that in a time of crisis, government should slice jobs. I was there when that happened. And I strangely see that suddenly US does exactly the opposite.
Current economy is the result of what economists that came before you had planned in the past. It is the result of a way of thinking.
But what is certain is that during a battle, when under heavy economic fire, hiding in a hole of lack of hope will not get you anywhere.
Right now there is groupthinking, the herd is depressed. Will you be part of that herd of people?
I had to struggle to survive during 15 years of my life in the midst of an economic crisis. I know what it is to be like you, as crisis hit the exact next year, a couple of months after I graduated.
Companies were firing people, some others were not hiring, and on top of that, government was firing people. Sons had to build walls in the houses of their parents to turn one house in two, so they could have a family.
Husband and wife had to work to make a living. Having an apartment for you alone was unaffordable.
Many countries in the world have suffered this. Mine did too. There is an atmosphere of pessimism and it lasted for 10 years. One of the reasons why I mess with economy and politics, while in the past I did not care, is that politicians and economists make mistakes, and you pay the price.
I decided that I needed them to let me live my life.
Previous administrations caused a crisis. If the root cause is solved, then crisis wil end. If not, crisis wil continue and will get worse. Unfortunately economy is still a primitive and rough science, so this is your chance to question it and improve it. It will require critical thinking, questioning the foundations of everything you learned.
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