When does persistance become insanity?

[HappyPerson]

I heard a saying, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results,” or something like that.

So…Say, hypothetically speaking,- someone with THREE college degrees has been out of consistent full-time non-temp work for two years, despite consistently applying to multiple new jobs on a very consistent basis. He has come to his senses and realized that another college degree isn’t going to work. At what point, however, does he need to stop applying and pray that something just falls into his lap?

 

[UndertheRadar]

Perseverance is a virtue; not insanity. The person should devote a lot of time to prayer seeking God’s Will, and in the meantime keep trying to do His Will to the best of their ability.

 

[Spirithound]

I heard a saying, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results,” or something like that.

So…Say, hypothetically speaking,- someone with THREE college degrees has been out of consistent full-time non-temp work for two years, despite consistently applying to multiple new jobs on a very consistent basis. He has come to his senses and realized that another college degree isn’t going to work. At what point, however, does he need to stop applying and pray that something just falls into his lap?

ok, well you’re not doing the same thing over and over again. At most, you’re doing the same “type” of thing over and over again, and putting rather a strain on your bank account. Insanity (according to the definition above), would entail applying to the same job or college you keep getting rejected from.

Now, to deal more with the situation in question, probably what the perpetual-graduate should do is realize that he’s not likely to get a great job right off the bat, and many people have to “pay their dues” so to speak before being recommended by the right person to the right person for the right job to have finally that full-time permanent job.

This isn’t really a “morality” type question… oh well

 

[strngrnrth]

Submitting the same application to the same place for the same job in the same way long after they have told you you are not what they want is insane.
Submitting improved applications to the same place and being a little more flexible about what you wll do after they have told you you aren’t the right fit for the job you first applied for is OK IMHO if you are also trying other places and if you have good reason to think they just don’t know all there is to know about your qualifications and availability.
Submitting different applications to different places is job-hunting. It’s how you get a job. It just takes a while.
A personnel person yelled a tme once for calling to press my case for a job. I was upset because the class I’d taken on job-hunting gave me the impression that was what I was supposed to do. I wasn’t sleeping by their door or anything, just calling them up to ask pretty please, and she yelled at me, sounded like she was having a nervous breakdown. So now I always wonder when I’m being too persistent. It’s hard, because when you are shy they bark at you until you scoot out backwards whimpering but if you are bold and persistent they shriek at you like you hurt someone somehow. So there is a fine line, and you need a thick skin for when you fall off that line.

 

[Dale_M]

At what point, however, does he need to stop applying and pray that something just falls into his lap?

HappyPerson, I am not sure of your question. Are you asking whether this person should simply stop trying and rely on prayer to solve his problems?

 

[PinkRoseTeacup]

I heard a saying, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results,” or something like that.

So…Say, hypothetically speaking,- someone with THREE college degrees has been out of consistent full-time non-temp work for two years, despite consistently applying to multiple new jobs on a very consistent basis. He has come to his senses and realized that another college degree isn’t going to work. At what point, however, does he need to stop applying and pray that something just falls into his lap?

I think the person should move to another state.
I have known people who were in a job slump they have moved to another part of the country and prospered there . It is worth a try nothing ventured nothing gained. Maybe the skills the person has are in demand out of state .

 

[Mark_Robert]

What choice do you have? Persistence is the only thing that offers hope. What do you propose? Giving up searching for a job and living in the streets? YOU HAVE TO keep job searching or acquiring skills that offer better prospects for employment.

 

[peary]

I heard a saying, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results,” or something like that.

So…Say, hypothetically speaking,- someone with THREE college degrees has been out of consistent full-time non-temp work for two years, despite consistently applying to multiple new jobs on a very consistent basis. He has come to his senses and realized that another college degree isn’t going to work. At what point, however, does he need to stop applying and pray that something just falls into his lap?

Is he looking in the right places??