HELP!

I graduated in 1/2007 with my BA. I've been looking since 10/2006 for a career position but havent been able to find anything. In that time i left a job that i had throughout college because it didnt offer insurance. The job i left for eventually laid me off and only called me in 3-6 days a month. My current job laid me off about 3 weeks ago. (yup two layoffs in less then 4 months 2nd lay off was differnet though. contractor waiting for other contractor to finish up) but havent been told when ill be back at work. Ive been looking for a career position throughout this, but still havent been able to find one. The only jobs i have been able to find are the 8 dollar and hour types that high school kids work. Im afraid that if i take another non-life sustaining job that im setting myself up for a lifetime of this since real employers will see my employement dates on my resume and think negativly of me since i keep changing jobs. So is this all in my head, should i be worried, and has anyone had something like this happen to them.

hjgs in St Paul, Minnesota said: I graduated in 1/2007 with my BA. I've been looking since 10/2006 for a career position but havent been able to find anything. In that time i left a job that i had throughout college because it didnt offer insurance. The job i left for eventually laid me off and only called me in 3-6 days a month. My current job laid me off about 3 weeks ago. ... Ive been looking for a career position throughout this, but still havent been able to find one. The only jobs i have been able to find are the 8 dollar and hour types that high school kids work....

It's more common than you might think. That's the reason that job hunting is such a big business.

Some basic questions:
* What is your BA in?
* What do you like to do for work, and what are you good at?
* What does your resume look like? Does it project a professional image?

A lot of resumes I have seen are what HR guys refer to as "tombstones", a list of where you were when and what you had to do. If you think of your resume as an advertisement, you need to tell what benefits you bring to a specific job and eliminate anything on it that doesn't support that argument. That includes menial jobs that are unrelated to what you want to do.

Instead, list the things that you have done, even if it was a class research project or volunteer work, if it relates. Also, be very careful of typos in anything you send out and always have spellcheck turned on in your browser and Word.

You can also go to websites like www.career-hunter.info, www.careeronestop.org, monster.com and careerbuilder.com to look for specific recommendations. Career-Hunter is run by former career marketing people, Career OneStop is run by the US Dept. of Labor, and the others are big job boards.

Don't confuse a job with your career.

Check this very useful link for job interview tips, job interview videos, cv, global job search:

www.seferm.com/careers/videocareer/careervideoindex.asp