# When should the unemployed give up on finding a job their chosen field?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-the-unemployed-give-up-on-finding-a-job-their-chosen-field/543909>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 20, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-the-unemployed-give-up-on-finding-a-job-their-chosen-field/543909 "2010-06-20T21:25:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-the-unemployed-give-up-on-finding-a-job-their-chosen-field/543909/41 "2010-06-23T00:33:19Z")

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> [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](#):
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> I’ve given up on being a (urban) planner after 2+ years of looking for work after finishing grad school. I was lucky to get an old job that I love as an instructor’s aide back, but even if that hadn’t happened, I would probably have just lost interest and tried to find work as an admin assistant, even if it meant moving. There are a couple of other fields I am interested in, but retraining is only an option if I can learn it myself from books or the web.
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> Plus, in professional-type fields, it takes work to keep up on things - reading journals, newsletters, keeping up with the trends local and global - necessary but it’s hard when you’re down and low on energy from job hunting! Not to mention pessimistic.

City Planner – Trasportation Analysis.  
[http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/employ\_2010-010698.shtml](http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/employ_2010-010698.shtml)

Project Manager - Pedestrian Projects Group  
[http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/employ\_2010-010556.shtml](http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/employ_2010-010556.shtml)  
Quick! They close tomorow! Good Luck!

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**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_Doubt)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-the-unemployed-give-up-on-finding-a-job-their-chosen-field/543909/42 "2010-06-23T18:11:48Z")

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Thanks (sincerely), but I’m happily established in Ye Olde Jobbe with Ye Olde Professor Boyfriendde Who Cante Move Annywherre. I doubt I’d really be happy as a planner, although I love transportation and did my thesis on it.

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> Quick! They close tomorow! Good Luck!

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