*Abrakadabra JOB!*

I find it a bit ridiculous that I am a senior in college and I am still dealing with senioritis. Well, “senioritis”.
As a senior in high school, I knew I would get into college. It was simply a matter of applying. In the manner of many overachievers, the issue was really getting into the best college I could. In any case, I had a plan of action, and I knew how to get there.
This time around, I am filled with a type of anxiety I suspect will only increase as I get closer to graduation. Deciding it would be better after all to delay my application to law school, I will be entering the job force for the first time as a full-time employee. In many ways, I know this is the best decision for me. I am still uncertain of the type of law I would like to practice (perhaps even questioning whether or not law is a field I would like to pursue). Getting a job that allows me to develop transferable skills that I will need to use in law school (writing, analyzing, etc.) will help me make that decision, as well as allowing me to start paying off those pesky student loans. At least, those are the reasons I recite to my dad when he asks me (again and again) why I did not just apply to law school right away.
I’ll be honest; I am terrified. I am so terrified of not finding a job that I am paralyzed with inaction. It is a type of “senioritis” no one talks about, the kind you encounter when you graduate college and realize that you may not have a job lined up right after graduation. And it is only magnified by our worldwide recession, which makes me a bit resentful of future graduates who will not have to deal with it upon graduation (Class of 2013, I’m looking at you!).
Now that I’ve identified the problem, I have shifted to overdrive to combat it. Even if it’s only looking at NYU CareerNet or simply talking to someone about possible employment after graduation, it’s something. Now I know that if I do graduate without a job lined up, it won’t be because I didn’t try.