This post has not been vetted or endorsed by BuzzFeed's editorial staff. BuzzFeed Community is a place where anyone can create a post or quiz. Try making your own!Buzz·Posted on May 21, 2013What The Job Search After College Graduation Is LikeIt will destroy you (if you let it).by Matt SaccaroCommunity ContributorLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail Your graduating class has been set loose upon the world Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF So you're living it up, high off the thrill of graduating Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF but then a sudden realization hits you: You're out of college and you need to find a job ASAP! Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Getting a good job shouldn't be a problem though. You're a sophisticated, educated, person, after all Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF You apply to jobs and attempt to stand out among your peers...but fall flat Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF And then the same thing happens again... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF You got an unhealthy dose of rejection from the "real world" and are befuddled, dejected. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Eventually, you get sick of the rat (or cat) race up the corporate ladder Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF So you take a break for a bit but you have to persist because you need money Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF But despite your persistence, you keep hitting walls. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Your launch into the job market has had a rough landing. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF You constantly apply to places but miss the mark again and again Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Meanwhile, it seems like everyone else is getting the jobs that were meant for YOU! Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF The system has chewed you up and spit you back out, or at least that's what it feels like. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF But all your lucky, employed friends just don't get it. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF And older people call you an entitled brat that should've known better than to indebt yourself for an education. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Everybody is happy but you. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF You've been chasing any and all respectable jobs for months now. It's starting to feel like you'll never obtain one. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Then you see it—that one job that you think you're a shoo in for Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF So you keep cool, apply, and then... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Rejected, again. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF By this point, you're thinking that the only way to get an OK job is to perform some kind of demonic ritual Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF You just want to run away. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF You just don't know what to do anymore. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF The world feels like it's falling apart. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF It's like you've accomplished nothing. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF You feel stuck. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Life starts to seem like an endless cycle: Apply, hope, rejection. Apply, hope, rejection, ad infinitum. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Yet you keep trying. After all, what do we say to the god of unemployment? Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF So you keep going after it! Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF And you let nothing stop you! Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Eventually, you get a job and you're amazed. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF No more sulking because... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF employment is wonderful! Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Congrats, you did it! You survived the awful, perilous process of getting hired after college! Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF And if you don't get hired a year or two after you graduate, channel your inner comrade and shrug it off! Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF