Losing Hope on Finding A Job
Hello all. I graduated back in 2024 with my Master's in Public History. I was going to be accepted into a PhD position for the 2025-2026 school year but then my parents died and I have been scrambling to find a job ever since.
I worked at a library but it was only for $11 an hour part-time only, applied to several museums in the area but never got a single interview, applied for remote internships and positions and never heard back, tried to get my old job as a historical interpreter I worked during one summer but I have been ghosted, and I have a job in the medical field now but I despise it. I'm starting to think that maybe I will never get a job in the field I studied for and it's making me extremely disappointed. Are my degrees worth anything at this point? Should I give up finding a job or is there another thing I haven't considered yet? I live in a college town and rural area and every other position is 2-4 hours away (so at max an 8 hour commute). I honestly give up.
I've been doing a few digital humanities projects to keep me from losing the skills I learned, but I don't think they're being taken seriously. So I really just need all the advice I can get. Thanks.