Hey guys. 

I'm a rising senior at a liberal arts college in upstate new york, pursuing a degree that I like, but that doesn't lend itself well to a job search.  I have been desperately looking for a job or an internship for this summer for the past four months and have found nothing.  For a while I thought I had a job locked down in Atlanta, where my boyfriend lives, and life was awesome.  Then that job fell through and I was suddenly summer-plan-less and depressed, and I can't seem to snap out of that slump.

I'm not looking for help *finding* a summer job (though if any of you want to hire me, that'd be cool).  I'm looking for advice on how to not be so downhearted about not hearing back from ANY of the jobs I've applied for.  I've sent out resumes and cover letters to over 20 different internships (in New York, New Jersey and Atlanta, Georgia).  I've applied for a variety of jobs I found on idealist and through my college's career development center.  I've trawled craigslist for hours and applied to random part-time jobs.  I applied to be a camp counselor at a few summer camps in New York and Pennsylvania.  No one's gotten back to me.  No one.

At this point, I don't really know who else to ask for advice, whether that advice be on finding a job or not being so bummed out about not finding one yet.  I've talked to my parents.  I've talked to my professors.  I've talked to my family friends.  I've talked to former employers.  I've talked to my older sister and her former employers.  I'm smart and quick and capable, and I know that landing an internship or a job these days is way more about luck than anything else, but how do I convince myself of that?  I feel down and dejected and rejected.  If I can't find a job this summer, I want, at the very least, to be able to feel okay getting up and reading, jogging and working around the house every day.  Right now it seems like I'll just feel useless and listless.
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Hey guys. 

I'm a rising senior at a liberal arts college in upstate new york, pursuing a degree that I like, but that doesn't lend itself well to a job search.  I have been desperately looking for a job or an internship for this summer for the past four months and have found nothing.  For a while I thought I had a job locked down in Atlanta, where my boyfriend lives, and life was awesome.  Then that job fell through and I was suddenly summer-plan-less and depressed, and I can't seem to snap out of that slump.

I'm not looking for help *finding* a summer job (though if any of you want to hire me, that'd be cool).  I'm looking for advice on how to not be so downhearted about not hearing back from ANY of the jobs I've applied for.  I've sent out resumes and cover letters to over 20 different internships (in New York, New Jersey and Atlanta, Georgia).  I've applied for a variety of jobs I found on idealist and through my college's career development center.  I've trawled craigslist for hours and applied to random part-time jobs.  I applied to be a camp counselor at a few summer camps in New York and Pennsylvania.  No one's gotten back to me.  No one.

At this point, I don't really know who else to ask for advice, whether that advice be on finding a job or not being so bummed out about not finding one yet.  I've talked to my parents.  I've talked to my professors.  I've talked to my family friends.  I've talked to former employers.  I've talked to my older sister and her former employers.  I'm smart and quick and capable, and I know that landing an internship or a job these days is way more about luck than anything else, but how do I convince myself of that?  I feel down and dejected and rejected.  If I can't find a job this summer, I want, at the very least, to be able to feel okay getting up and reading, jogging and working around the house every day.  Right now it seems like I'll just feel useless and listless.
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16 y/o rising senior at liberal arts college trying to find job/internship; applications
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