Job versus Academics

Job searching during the last couple of weeks of class is just BRUTAL. It’s like the whole point of graduate studies and professional training is to get a job, but there is simply no time to conduct a job search while in school. My options are:

(1) do a kickass job at completing my assignments and earn a respectable GPA BUT be unemployed upon graduation;

(2) do a mediocre job of keeping up with my school work due to spend several hours a day looking for the perfect position; or

(3) try and adjust my sleep schedule to allow for only five or six hours of sleep a night, rid myself of any form of social life (with the exception of fifteen minute spurts of facebook and/or gchat), and attempt to find a job while doing a kickass job of completing my assignments.

I chose the third option which is why I am evolving from a usually upbeat, energetic, positive person, to a constantly whining, anti-social, unhygienic wimp. Well the end is near, with only a couple of classes left. While I am not the flowing fountain of positivity I once was, I can recognize I will probably benefit from these sleepless nights. I’ve found a number of wonderful networking groups and have been going on a number of interviews. Plus the work I’ve submitted to my brilliant and understanding professors hasn’t been all crap. I’ve received a couple of refrigerator worthy grades.

Wish me luck as I POWER THROUGH!