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Just graduated from Pitt with a BA in Communication, but working at a call center :/?

So I just graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor's degree in Communication. I was all excited because I thought, "Finally, I'll get a well-paying job I like and my life will finally begin!" Ha. Think again. Ever since January, I am stuck back at home living with my mother, and working at the call center for a bank, which I HATE, and am making $20,000 a year. I can barely afford my student loan payments of nearly $600 a month and there is absolutely NO WAY that on my wage there I can also afford a rent/utilities/car payment a.k.a. to live on my own. Not only that (and I'm not saying this to be arrogant, but to simply prove a point about post-secondary education), but my co-workers at the call center are the people I graduated high school with, some of them in the "slower" classes, making the same, or more, than I am! I just went to school for 4 and half years, put myself $65,000 in debt, all for what?? My employment history is good, as was my GPA, yet no one is hiring anyway! So I guess I'd like to hear your thoughts on what I should do. Should I just keep trudging along and applying and applying and applying, or should I perhaps go back to school (I was thinking either nursing or cosmetology)? Even if I get my associate's degree in nursing, or maybe a radiology tech or something of the like, I could find a job in a heartbeat, making probably $40 grand right off the bat, and I could go anywhere in the country. Believe it or not the same holds true for hair stylists. There are a ton of job postings for them as well. I thought about going to cosmetology school when I graduated high school but my parents wouldn't let me. I would plan on moving to a big city and try to get into a nice, upscale salon. So, should I go back to school? I could get a use-able degree, make a decent salary, post pone my student loan payments (and would get only an associate's so I wouldn't be another $60,000 in debt)...or should I stick it out and just stay positive and keep applying? Actually, I am thinking about maybe getting my Associate's to become a Radiology Tech.

Public Comments

1. This is what happens in a recession, dear. Stick it out. The job picture is starting to turn around. Keep looking. Put your resume EVERYWHERE. Be ready to grab opportunity when it arrives.
2. Some states dont have alot of jobs. I also just graduated with a Bachelor in Business Administration and havent found anything and its been 3 weeks of looking. If you feel like you can still do some school even if its a training job like cosmetologist which doesnt take that long then go do it. I hear they make decent money