Job search anxiety after obtaining degree.

[cookderosa]

Everything you want is on the other side of fear.

I left a job that I'd had for 18 years when we moved to NC. Shortly after moving here, I finished my MS, and applied for a job that was a "reach" for my qualifications, didn't expect to hear from them at all. In fact, in that same pile of jobs, I applied for a handful of jobs that I was over-qualified for as well, thinking they were good fall back ideas. Funny story, none of the jobs I was SURE would call did, but the "reach" job called me immediately. (I almost didn't go to the interview because I almost chickened out) They hired me, and I had a really great experience.

In the end, it wasn't a good fit with my homeschool schedule, BUT I finished the semester, and it really "broke the ice" in my head in so many ways. It gave me the encouragement to go a different direction that was so much more in my lane with my talents and passions....but I'm not sure I'd have that confidence now if I hadn't put myself out there right away.

EDIT: search burbuja0512's posts about resumes, jobs, etc. She's AMAZING and has an AMAZING job that she talks about how she worked her way up into that position. Seriously, good stuff in her posts.