Age 31-32 (9) job hunting alone, satisfied with great progress, and burned out
After I got the national certificate for a software engineer, my attitude towards job hunting became a little bit positive and aggressive a little while. I went to job fairs a few times, and for the first time, I was able to begin conversation with recruiters. I visited several software developers, and Internet carriers. The mistake I made was I was content with just being able to talk with recruiters, which was a huge progress considering how I had been in the same situation. I went a few selection processes, but I couldn't show my performance in a test which probably measure our IQ and efficiency of thinking. I thought doing job hunting activities all by myself was a great progress, but my counselor didn't agree. According to her, I needed to be closely in touch with my supporters. Later, I realized she was right. After job fairs and selection processes ended without substantial result of any job prospect, I felt totally burn out. All I wanted to be was just being s...