I’m 22 and graduated with a dual BA in May 2019. I immediately joined the Peace Corps to “follow my dreams.” I’m feeling so defeated and frustrated. I returned to the States in March and I never imagined I would still be unemployed, maybe naively.

I’ve had a few job rejections and it’s really starting to get me down. I feel as if I’ve done everything I should have done, yet I’m not at all where I expected to be— unemployed and living at home.

In general, I would say I would make a good employee. I had good grade, internships, an on campus office job, and Peace Corps experience. Generally, I interview well and I always respond with handwritten thank you cards, etc. For my in-person interviews and zoom interviews alike, I show up well dressed and groomed, but I’ve still had no luck. It seems as if I always make it to the second or third interview and then the offer isn’t extended.

I just got a rejection from a non-profit I was really hoping for, after my third interview! They offered no feedback and my mind is spiraling about me being unemployable or having some fatal flaw I’m unaware of.

Can anyone offer words of advice?