RECESSION STRIKES GRADUATES

The world is facing an unprecedented downturn and virtually every field is getting a blow. The crisis has engulfed many organizations and also has affected individuals. I am also one among them. Well, talking about myself, I am an engineering graduate passed out in 2008. I have been offered an offer by an IT firm having its head office in Massachusetts, USA. I don’t want to specify the name but can say that it’s derived from a Latin word meaning “excellence”. Now, this process took a long time ago, to be exact July 2007. My world did seem to have changed after that but what to say… I am still jobless and sitting at home. For the past six months, I have witnessed what life is and how cruel it can be. It was a very difficult period and I am quite clearly feeling the changes that have happened to me. I was never a jovial type but can become chirpy and funny at times. I love being with my friends and enjoyed each and every bit of my college life. But these are all the things of past. My confidence has taken a severe beating in the last six months. I feel my future is insecure and I find nobody to console. You could be asking why not I tried for any other job… I did not try any thing because my organization did start calling freshers from last July. Till now they have called two sets and I was informed that I would be in the next batch. Also it is very difficult to enter in to the field now as there are absolutely no openings for freshers. The pressure I am undergoing is immense. Apart from my parents (that too up to an extent only) I am not helped by anybody. I am feeling alone. I get irritated by anybody who is asking “when are you going to join”. I felt let down at the thought of “being useless” as of now. All kinds of thought have come and gone. I have turned so negative that now my thought process is revolving around being “fired” even before getting in. I desperately need a job and I am praying to everyone, from obama to my ceo. And finally I believe fate would not be so cruel to me…