I am having a very hard time landing my first job post graduation - seeking advice.
Hello everyone, I recently graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry and had been job searching/co-op searching/intership searching my entire senior year with no real luck. I live in Houston with tons of industrial and medical jobs available but I cannot get a call back. I have been a research assistant, have excellent recommendations, and actual valuable hands-on experience and skill with GC-ICP-MS, UHPLC, FT-IR, NMR, you name it I have used it and actually know how to use these instruments and techniques with confidence and accuracy. I have been accepted into grad school with my classes being at night 7-10pm. I thought grad school would boost interest in companies wanting to hire me, but instead it has been a major turn off for the jobs I have interviewed for since it limits my availability to travel and/or do shift work. I have started even applying for lab tech jobs that only require a HS diploma because I am running out of options. I’m not sure if this is the correct sub to ask this, but I am looking for possible advice or merely words of encouragement/if you have been in this position before. I get paid $3000 a semester for my research assistant position but I am so desperately wanting to get into industry.