Maybe, you are the lucky one...

You've graduated from college, You've researched, you've interned, you've networked, you've perfected several copies of your resume, and you've got nothing. You're a loser? Unless that degree from that accredited university was in underwater basket weaving, there is not a chance that you are a loser. The victim of the worst economy since the Great Depression? More likely. Lucky? Yep.

How many people do you know who graduated from college with big dreams of having "the life" and were going to live their dreams, only to settle for some administrative assistant position and stay there for a maximum of 2 years, and 5 years later are still there, have forgotten what their dream was and have no clue how to get out of it, and you also feel guilty about quitting a job when so many people are unemployed. Plus, if you quit how will you afford the life you are only mildly pleased with. The same life you convince your family and yourself daily that it makes you happy. Why are you lucky? Because this isn't you, this is your friend that graduated 2 years before you, the cousin you keep in touch with, or the girl who seems to have her life together.

You worked for free, at 4 internships, you had decent grades in college, 3.5, you were involved, and you can barely get your resume down to one page. You're confused because you have applied for so many different possible career paths, that when people ask you what you want to try to get into, you look like a deer in headlights. The jobs you are interested in either aren't hiring, or after you did several internships in the field you decided that you didn't want to pursue a career in that field, and you are back at zero.

So you can't find a job and you don't have any leads, you have moved home with your parents and you are saving your money, you aren't a loser because in 15 years you will know that you've done everything you possibly could have to pick the career that is right for you!

So get a good book, join a community service club, and help others, before you know it you will have the happiness you once imagined that you would have without having to lose your dreams in the process.