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1. In the beginning, you will be way too confident.
2. But reality will set in early on, and you'll begin significantly widening your job search parameters.
3. You'll have so much down time on your hands that even watching Ellen can't cheer you up.
4. Your significant other will offer suggestions like, "Have you thought about retail?"
5. Eventually you'll get a second interview! But it will be with a company who thinks you’d be great at selling cable out of supermarkets on Saturday mornings.
6. Suddenly something awesome happens! You get an interview for the job you really want...Aaaand you’re pretty sure they loved you.
7. But too much time goes by and you're starting to realize that you may not be their first choice after all.
8. Or maybe they were going to hire internally this whole time anyway, in which case you end up feeling cheated and betrayed by their faux interest in you.
9. Also, it seems all of the wait staff and bartenders in your town are already employed and no one ever needs a new server ever again.
10. And at this point you’re living on fast food and fiber bars.
11. All the while, you're still just hoping to hear those 4 beautiful little words, “When can you start?” Unless it’s that mortuary job you applied for, in which case the answer is never.
12. And in the end, one thing remains the same: Unemployment is the worst.
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