I went to school for Music and I work for a relocation company!!!  Go Figure...
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I went to school to be an Accountant.  I graduated 7 years ago.  I work in my field and I have ever since graduation.  One piece of advice I would give is that you literally have to manage your career, much the same way that a professional athelete would.  I keep a good recruiter (similar to an agent); when I find myself in a job that is not working out for myself or the employer, I start making plans to move on; I market myself quite heavily by building relationships with other people that work in my field.  I keep my resume and my skills current.  I have never settled for any job that does not somehow help me work towards my career goals.
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That's sweet!  Where did you move to and where from?  Are you there for good???  If so you should try to get out and make friends!  Easy for me to say...I know!
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My wife and I live in Atlanta. We WORK!!! GET A DAMN JOB!!!!!!!
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Well,  first sue the school you went to..your spelling and grammar are both horrid. Please let the rest of us know where you went so --we will be sure to NOT hire you
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I have seen collage kids working there.
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the only problem with moving is that whatever is inside of you goes with you too.  if you don't change on the inside, where you are living won't matter much.\n\nif you are getting tons of interviews then you are doing something right.  if you aren't getting any offers then you are doing something wrong.  it's probably your back up against the wall kind of desperation leaking through.\n\ndon't give off a desperate vibe in interviews.  before you go in, keep repeating to yourself "they would be lucky to have me" like you mean it over and over again until the second you shake their hand.  it sounds kind of stupid but it works.  it changes your vibe from "oh please god please have them hire me" kind of desperation to "damn! we would be lucky to have her here! let's make her an offer before someone else does."\n\nalways send a thank you note after an interview.  i can't tell you how many times i have had a toss-up between two or three people and the thank you note sealed the deal.  there is no substitute for good manners, and i know if i have a well-mannered staff i won't have all that office trauma & drama going on.\n\nonce you get a job and have income a lot of your troubles will disolve.  you will be able to move and after you do you will need to sit down and take a long hard look at yourself and your life.  then you can decide what you really want out of life and can work towards getting it.
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If you are really unhappy, you should think about changing jobs.  I changed my job two years ago because of a similar experience and I have never been happier.  There is also a high level of stress in my new school, but now I feel I have the support from my superiors at all times instead of the critics I used to have.
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I am actually going through it as we speak (or I should say as I type lol.) I worked for a VERY large (Internationally known) builder in their corporate office. I'll try and make my LONG story short. Not to toot my horn but I was a star employee! Raises, bonuses, the whole sha-bang! Went out for 6 weeks to have my tonsils out; the day of surgery my boss calls and says I'm fired! Not like I could call him and bit&h since I'd just had my tonsils out and the bottom of my tongue cut back that morning. Regional HR called the next day to apologize and said I did indeed have a job to come back to which is what I thought; he (Boss who I'll call Jay) couldn't do that since I was approved from short-term medical leave. Upon my return, NONE of my work had been done, AT ALL! Instead of everyone in my department pulling together (isn't that called TEAMWORK?!?) he road me like a bull! Told me I wasn't doing enough in 40 hours but yet in the 2 years I was there we built 3x the amount that we'd built when I started! I worked every single weekend for 3-1/2 months. I missed one day to take my dog to the vet, worked that weekend and the a*shole wrote me up for working that weekend and said I knew better than to 1.) Go over my 40 hours & 2.) To try and make up my time missed since "I" wasn’t supposed to but yet everyone else in the department was able to make up ANY missed time whenever/however they wished. But again, I'd worked every weekend for 3-1/2 months without him saying I couldn’t. He was rude, he was nasty; he would yell at me and degrade me in front of my colleagues AND my superiors! I even had to quit college (which meant losing a full academic scholarship) just to stay afloat at work. I loved my job and I loved what I did; that’s the ONLY reason I stayed as long as I did. I asked for a transfer to another division but I was told my HR that I had to have Mr. A*shole approve and sign off on it. Sure…. Let me walk in his office and say, “I think you’re an a*shole and I hate working for you; could you please sign this transfer?!?” I met with the VP of my department, VP’s of adjacent departments, the VP of our division, the President of an adjacent division, and finally regional HR. I was basically told I needed to toughen up!? WHAT?! TOUGHEN UP?!? I’d worked on a jobsite managing over a 100 men for the previous 10 years and their all telling me to toughen up?!? Umm… NO! I’m a firm believer in respecting your superiors, however I also believe that respect is earned; it’s reciprocal! If I was the (and I’ll quote him previous to my Medical Leave) “Star” employee, what changed? My work ethic didn’t! If anything I became so wrapped up in my work and (as I mentioned) put college on the back burned, worked 70-80 hours a week, even made myself available to all of our Studio Personnel, Project Mangers, and Superintendents during non-working hours; to the extreme of having the IT guy install all of our work software on my home computer and network me so I could help out everyone out while I was at home at night and on weekends. STILL wasn’t good enough for my boss. I think I’m a pretty tough cookie, working onsite for 10 years building apartments will either make you or break you; and I loved it! But this guy… GOOD LORD! He had me so stressed I pulled all the muscles in my throat from my nasal passage to my voice box and even damaged my voice box, all from stress. I would literally leave during lunch and sit in the back of the parking lot and cry because he was just so mean and nasty to me. That’s when I said enough is enough! Before that I started seeing a therapist and a psychiatrist because he had me believing it was all me! The Doctor said, ENOUGH! I’ve been out on medical leave now since November! Although anything to do with mental distress is hard to prove, it was blatant what he treated me like the red-headed step-child. To be honest, I really didn’t s
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Don't let it get you down mate.  There is what Sharon said but also if you mentioned the fact fact that you are at Uni or it was on you CV or something then it may well be that they can't see you staying there and making a 'career' out of it.  I know I know it's only stacking shelves part time for extra cash but all these places are a little job p**sed that want you to stay and put your all into their company.  Keep plugging away someone will willingly take you on especially as it's coming up to Christmas and these places generally tend to take more on.  If you want to play the game with them try adding in your CV/covering letter about your dedication to customer service and your interest in public supply/groceries etc.  This is my personal view.  Good luck.
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Thats a great way to do it, or it would be even better if you went in to the locations and actually spoke with the managers. That is how I got my job! Going in shows you have drive, and most employers are looking for that in people!
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I happy with my career choice!!
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Attend some courses at your local(or the one your at now) Universty's School of Music regarding Music Business or Music Management
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Try radio, local schools talk to music teachers about maybe hanging flyers around the school.  If your business is downtown try something unusual as maybe some previous students showing their talents outside your studio advertising the biz
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I found A neat resource for anyone to look at who is interested in the music business. www.MyMusicBreak.com watch the movie at the bottom of the page. I am thinking about this myself.
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Omg!! i love that by the way... you should go to a music store and they should have tons of music..i recommend music and arts center
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trust me I'm am with you one hundred percent.  I worked at a circuit city for a few months in the town I just moved into because I need work they, hired me and I looked for a real job.  anyway I thought since i worked in the music section I should check up on all the newest music so I had an opinion for people coming to shop.  Anyways I would download alot of music (then delete after 24 hours because I am against illegal downloading)  I listened to a couple of songs and thought man this is terrible but maybe I just found their bad songs almost every group has them and I found theirs all at once.  NO all of their music and most of the other new music was terrible and should not even be defined as music.  I had to quickly put in a Led Zeppelin album just to remind myself there was good rock and not commit suicide
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Hmm, thats a tough one. I'd check out the career services center at your University. Graduate school is always a good idea, you can teach. Most of my friends with music degrees are in other fields, but they usually use the music background to make money on the side. Churches hire musicians, as do theater groups and semi-pro sports teams. Good luck!