Dawson Johannes grabs his backpack as he arrives for work at Delfingen in Niagara Falls where he works as a quality control engineer, a job that most recently was held by his older brother.
"My mind would just go in circles – you’re aware of what I mean by that? I had these dumb thoughts that meant nothing, they just circled my head, escalating and escalating, until I felt panicky and it was like, no – stop that."
"It was so depressing to just wake up and sit at my desk every day and apply to every entry-level job on Indeed and LinkedIn, doing the same stupid application for different companies, over and over and over and over and over and over again."
Dawson Johannes talks about applying to more than 120 jobs after graduating from Clarkson University in the middle of the pandemic. He has since found a job as a quality control engineer at a local manufacturing plant.
"Mostly I feel more stable now. More grounded than I did in the months I couldn’t find a position. Obviously not every day is a good day, but I’m getting there, and the job’s a huge part of that."
"Now I’m like, ‘Oh my God, am I going to completely backslide to where I was before?’ Because how else do you make ends meet in this situation?"Â
Dawson Johannes grabs his backpack as he arrives for work at Delfingen in Niagara Falls where he works as a quality control engineer, a job that most recently was held by his older brother.
"My mind would just go in circles – you’re aware of what I mean by that? I had these dumb thoughts that meant nothing, they just circled my head, escalating and escalating, until I felt panicky and it was like, no – stop that."
"It was so depressing to just wake up and sit at my desk every day and apply to every entry-level job on Indeed and LinkedIn, doing the same stupid application for different companies, over and over and over and over and over and over again."
"Mostly I feel more stable now. More grounded than I did in the months I couldn’t find a position. Obviously not every day is a good day, but I’m getting there, and the job’s a huge part of that."
