“I’ve now applied to ~200 places, had one call screen/interview/subsequent rejection, one assessment/subsequent rejection, and one email follow-up asking a couple of questions, with no response in return.”

I came from service and operations. Ran my own business until opportunity came that allowed me to purchase land out of state. Relocated, and decided to focus on personal growth and development, earning my Associate’s (Something I’d started back in 2010, but gave up on due to family), and transferring those credits to a local university, going full-time and earning my B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies (Business & Desktop Publishing emphasis) in December, 2025.

Post-graduation, I continued looking for jobs in the service and ops lanes, with continual rejections. The ONLY leads I had, were in the DTP lane, so I decided to try and put my education to use, and focused on tailoring to those lanes.

After which, I’ve now applied to ~200 places, had one call screen/interview/subsequent rejection, one assessment/subsequent rejection, and one email follow-up asking a couple of questions, with no response in return.

Which has me now second-guessing whether going back to school to begin with, was the right decision.