I am a beginning new teacher and I am feeling the same
frustration as you both! I live in NC and have applied for
every teacher and teacher assistant job in the counties near
me. So far, I have only been to 3 interviews, none of which
were productive, either for not having experience or the
position was not being offered any longer due to budget
limits. I am feeling so frustrated because I graduated in May
and quit my previous job in order to take a teaching job, but
haven't had any luck. It is so frustrating to apply for jobs
and then hear nothing, it is like they won't even give you the
time of day. It is all in who you know. The school where I
did my student teaching had 4 job openings, but everytime I
called, they had already offered it to someone else within a
day of posting it, or they gave it to someone they knew for
political reasons. I am starting to see that I went to school
for the wrong career. It is supposed to be about advancing
yourself to obtain a new career and make more money, but then
it is impossible to get a job. I was always told to work hard
and make a good impression during student teaching, so if a job
was available there you would be considered over everyone else,
but really it is all in who you know!

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