Out of job and looking for another

I am sitting around the library again, after meeting with the career advisor.  I suppose the whole fiasco with choosing major is drawing to a close:  it is back to CS or CIS.  A bit of discussion ensued: does it really matter which course I should consider?  The advisor tells me that, ultimately, it is the skills they expect from a job candidate, not the degree or prestige; “how able are you,” if I may.  Seeing as how I am rather pressured to get to the graduation and out of the house, I am tempted to simply stick to biology and graduate; with about a year of keeping away from the field, however, would do nothing good about it, nor would it work when the last class I took was a disaster with failing grades.  So, biology is out.

This is based on the little table that I filled out earlier.  Sure, it was quite simple and did not have some things that I valued (environmentalism?), it gave me a general things of interest and general fields of interest, and had them mix and match.  Of those, three were out—but only based on whether or not the school offered it, which is not quite a good idea to do, but I had to have some kind of constraint or I would not be making any decisions whatsoever.

There, we also talked about the summer jobs.  Of part-time jobs or internships, she said that internship was better thing to do, but it is also something that is harder to get, due to the fact that I am in a transition period and also I have acted a little too late.  So, I have a few summer and part-time jobs on hand that I could do, and it is basically for me to decide.  She did help me with the resume (and what to do with it), and suggested that I talk to some people in the fields of interest.

So, why a job?  At first, I wanted to find a second job to supplement the first part-time job at the sandwich shop with ever-dwindling hours.  Now, though, the job is all but gone for the summer, prompting me to get a new one that can replace it.  Seeing as I still have not taken care of the debt that I have, it is a good choice for me to keep working.  It would have been better if I did not go to school and instead took some time off, but here it is.  Job market is supposedly very though, though; I was surprised to see any job openings at all.  Does this mean that I am going to meet hellish amount of competition?  Oh boy.  I did not want that at all.

Whatever.  I need to keep working, and that is what I will do.  What to do at home… fix the resume, personalize them for companies, and send them off.  Call the IT department at school, ask them about internship or part-time job.  Inquire about the job at College of Law.  Contact the professors I had this year.  This will be a busy week, or what is left of it.