Milestone Millstone
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as someone irl real time as we speak job hunting in the valley, this pains me
Could also replace "job-searching adult" with "aspiring writer", and this comic would still be dead-on-balls accurate (It's an industry term).
Used by Caltech scientists and NASA engineers?
This is me applying to doctoral programs
I read somewhere that you should arrive for 100 rejections. Apply for everything and by the time you get to 100 you've either lost any feelings about it or you'll be where you need to be.
Claire then went into the bedroom, closed the door and that's the last time anyone saw her. They say to this day you can still hear muffled moans coming from the haunted bedroom 😭😭👻👻
Ahh, the face of rejection sensitivity.
Welcome to the library job market! *sob
That's how I adult.
Claire became all of us in that fourth panel.
I'm SO looking forward to having my university remove my tenure and throw me into the private sector for the first time.... Claire's reaction is more or less the best one can hope for.
Sigh,.... Memories.
Mood lol I'm currently applying all over the place and get several of those a week.
I'm currently on my 24th rejection letter since graduating... Hang in there Claire
She could go the Bruno Davert way in “The Axe” and make away with the competition...
The fact that she got a reply is good friggin news. Most places just ghost all applicants they dont pick. And they mentioned her by name! Someone took the time to write the letter by hand! Still, yes, low drone in bed is totally acceptable way to react.
They got an AI to do the form letters.
The times I've had to apply for jobs, it's taken, on average, about a hundred rejections to get a job ..
this is the only reason I don't quit my job, idk how I'd ever go through this again =(
Who's that guy on the couch? I know I've seen him before somewhere...
and not in the fun way
I got a rejection letter once for a job I hadn’t applied for. Pranked by Stanford!
"Well, I didn't want it anyway"
I feel bad but I totally hate any page with Marten in it now. He is so boring.
Awww, c'mon... Marten's always been the straight man in this sitcom...
Make sure you take breaks! Emitting moans for longer than 2-4 hours is tough on the throat~
I'VE GOT A JOB FOR YOU! I NEED SOMEONE TO ALPHABETIZE THE CONTENTS OF MY CLOACA!
This is where back rubs and cookies help
Marten. Tub of ice cream, rom com, and cuddles, STAT. (Cite: wife has MLS degree.)
Having only just recently gotten my first *full time* librarian position, I feel you Claire. Hang in there cause you kick ass
Pardon me while I try to bask (and take in) some full time librarian energy. I’ve been a librarian for more than a decade, and while I’ve worked close to full time hours, that was only by dint of piecing together part time jobs. Losing two of the three I’ve held since 2013 during the pandemic has been rather restful (I’ve been appreciating not working weekends or evening shifts followed by morning shifts), but tight at half the income (just enough to not qualify for unemployment). My laid off librarian (LOL) group has recently pointed me at a few new local openings, and I’m in preparation (references secured as of today, resume conversion to a cv (argh) and cover letter revamp still to go) to drop myself into the likely feeding frenzy and be hopeful.
Yep, I also know this feeling quite a bit. First time applying for jobs in about a decade right now. Also, Claire's "screaming internally" face always cracks me up.
I feel that. Hopefully not with my grad school application though!
I never get that kind of rejection from an employer. Only just before a first date.
There’s a joke in there about “applying if there are openings in the future,” but I am clearly too mature to make it.
i was applying for jobs earlier in the pandemic. i remember those emails. hell zone. im very, very luckily employed now
Hey at least she got a rejection letter. Most jobs just ghost you.
Finally, Martin is back! TY
i have worn that final expression far too many times...
Marten, get up and provide some sort of comfort before you get slapped with a purple dildo.
And take the massage oil! She's gonna need a good neck and shoulder massage!
why are claires comics always the most relatable ones
oh yeah, because im a trans girl doing a library course with depression and anxiety who has applied for many jobs in the past
Been there, done that, moaned into the tshirt.
BURN IT DOWN!!!!11! (no don't do that)
I don’t know, what Claire describes in the last panel, sounds like some of my best experiences… 👀
And if this is too risqué, just delete.
And there is a Hadley public library, in Massachusetts.
Have you found Rachel Dill yet so we can blame her IRL for something she knows nothing about? :)
The comedic timing of reading your twitter thread about the shitty email you got today and immediately after getting the email notification for this specific comic page.
I read it from in my email so it was a whole mail-ception thing. It made me notice that the icons at the bottom were iOS mail icons but the phone doesn’t seem to be an iPhone. Weird.
At least she got a response; a lot of places don’t even bother to give you that.
Clare's facial expression in the last panel is oh so relateable
This is so unrealistic. No one sends rejection emails anymore
Not true. I do.
She's totally fine.
Aww
I forgot what an absolute joy Claire is. Hang in there, missy.
Claire (stress) face, has returned!
Claire’s “screaming internally” face https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3773
But she heard back, which is better than the typical shout into the void 😂
Claire, you really should see a therapist about these episodes...
Job hunting sucks sooooo much. At least they let her know instead of just ghosting.
Having been through this, I would GREATLY prefer a rejection letter over the ghosting that 99% of them do.
She's so cute! No be sad!
Big Mood
Big Tina Belcher energy
She's fine.
Totally fine. Nothing to worry about.