Graduated 6 months ago and still nothing

[u/argrillo529]

I graduated with my BS in May and have been looking since last November, and so far I’ve gotten 4 interviews and tons of rejections. I’m ideally looking for anything R&D in cosmetics, personal care, or food industries, and my previous internship experience was assisting a local brewmaster with brewing, measurements, formula keeping, so it’s not as though the skills aren’t transferrable. Also, I applied to a job last November at a large North American consumer products company and didn’t get an interview. Last week, I decided to check their website again for anything else that happened to open up, and I see the same job (title and description identical) saying it was posted 2 weeks ago, and when I go to apply, the system says I cannot because I “have already applied to this job” from when I did in November.

Just saying I’m a little frustrated at: 1) colleges making it seem like a guarantee that you’ll have a job lined up immediately after graduation 2) companies seeming like they’re accepting applications but not seeming to fill them and making you waste time tweaking a resumé just for an AI to read it before a human does

[u/Informal-District395]

Cosmetic industry is down 50% on sales, personal care is also down, and food industries are hurting. You might need to expand your search if you want a job. You don't have to work at your first job forever, get skills first.

Just take a look at Croda stock, Solvay, and other competitors in those fields to get a feel for 'would you be hiring people if you were CEO in those companies'