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Originally Posted by Mass_nerder
I need to vent
I graduated near the top of my class with a Master of Architecture in April, but worked for 5 years as an Architectural Technologist before that.
Now that I've got the Masters, a Bachelors, and a Diploma, there's literally no jobs available; the way Calgary is trending, it feels like there won't be any opportunities for me for years to come. I've been looking all around Alberta and BC, but the opportunities are almost non-existent.
I've been sending out unsolicited resume & portfolio packages to every firm I can think of, but in the last 3 months, I've only had 3 firms even respond with a "we're not hiring, but we'll keep your resume" in last 3 months.
I had a (what I thought was an amazing) interview a few weeks ago but the company responded to me this week saying that they really liked me, and loved my credentials, but they decided not to hire anyone after re-evaluating their needs.
I've got job alerts set up on indeed and linkedin for anything architecture related, but I'm getting pretty frustrated, as 90% of the jobs that pop up are for software architects (which drives me absolutely crazy).
I gambled on myself to go from a technologist to an (intern) architect, and now that oil has crashed, and covid has hit, there are no intern architect positions, so I'm applying for technologist jobs again and even getting turned down there.
I feel like a complete failure.
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I retired last year after having a 45 year career as an Architectural Specification Writer. The last 25 years I was self employed and I worked as a consultant for many of the Architectural firms in Calgary as well as in BC. Those years were great as the economy was booming here in Alberta, but before that, I had much the same problem as you are having now. I went through the crash in 1981, where I was working for an Architectural firm with 120 employees - it went out of business a year later. There were no jobs to be had anywhere. I ended up doing some part time work until things started to get better a few years later. I also went through a bit of a slow time in around 1991, where I was an associate in an Architectural firm, and was laid off due to lack of work. That's when I went out on my own and never looked back. It's a tough business to be in. Hopefully you will find something eventually.