Job Hunting Blues

As of last week, I have completed my Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business Administration. Admittedly, I should have been looking for jobs back in February or March, but I was preoccupied with a bunch of things, namely my failed applications to grad school and my research project. So now I'm in a bit of a lurch as now I am unemployed with only a temporary place to live. I don't consider moving back in with my parents to be a viable option even though I'm sure they would welcome me.

One thing I would like to note is how much asymmetric information there is in the labour market. I think Spence got it right. It's all about signals. When I apply for a job, they have no way of knowing my academic background or whether my resume is an honest account of my experience and eduction, or a complete lie. So here I am with two degrees and relatively slim job prospects. Actually, the real problem is that I'm not good at this whole job hunt thing. The best thing for me would probably be to put my resume up on my blog and hope that employers find it. Of course, that would never work. So now I need to work on my labour market signal. I'm going to complete the Canadian Securities Course. That is as soon as I can crack open the textbooks. I'm anticipating hat 70-80% of the material I will already know, which makes it harder for me make the effort to study. Plus, I just finished university and I'm rather sick of compulsory reading. That's no excuse though.

So, this week or next, I'm going to talk about some of my credentials and hope that a potential employer out there reads my blog and contacts me.