15 Ways To Cope With Your Post-Grad Life (reposted from the Huffington Post)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/02/15-ways-to-cope-with-your-post-grad-life_n_3534148.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

A little gem I found a while back on Huffington Post. Got #14 down!

when heading to an interview...LEAVE EARLY!

I recently had an interview where everything in the book  that could go wrong, went wrong. The disasters happened one after another:

1. I hit traffic.
2. Once I got to the BART station, I parked in the zone that requires a permit before 10 a.m. Luckily I thought to check the time and realized it was only 9:30. Crisis averted!
3. The rest of the parking lots were full, so I had to find street parking. 
4. Missed the direct line to the city. I don't have a problem transferring, but it is nice to be able to take an uninterrupted 30 minute nap if I catch a train that goes directly to my destination.
5. Got off on the wrong stop. Luckily, it was only one stop too early and I realized this before leaving the station, so I was quickly able to go back and catch the next train.
6. Went to the wrong building. I'd gone with some friends to the Berkeley campus as a trial run, but lo and behold, there were TWO locations with the same name. Guess which one I went to?

 Luckily, the only redeeming factor was that I left early. This may seem like a no-brainer, but I can't stress this enough- when going to an interview, do everything in your power to LEAVE EARLIER THAN YOU THINK YOU NEED TO- whether it's making sure you have your clothes picked out the night before (the one thing I didn't do), setting two alarms, skipping your morning Facebook check, etc.

Introduction

Hi, my name is Lauren. As mentioned in the description, I'm 23 years old and am currently funemployed. I graduated from the University of California, Davis in June 2012. (I question whether or not I'm still considered a "recent grad," since the class of 2013 just walked this past weekend.)

I guess I should start out by saying I'm not officially unemployed-- I currently work as an on-call sales associate at my local Macy's. It's definitely not my career choice, though. I interned at a nonprofit from October 2012- April 2013, so I like to say I've been on the job market for a couple months now. Aside from being a time to catch up on sleep and occasionally venture out during the day, I'm using this time to still figure out what I actually want to do for the rest of my life.

I was surprised to find out how much coverage there was on funemployment, ranging from other blogs to event listings, even a feature story published in SF Weekly. I was also a little disappointed to find out that none of these have been updated recently.

This blog will be mostly be documenting my experiences between now and the time I settle down with a full-time job. But as much as I look forward to this new project, I'm hoping I'll land a job soon!