How do I Deal With Low Self-Esteem on the Job Hunt?

Hey man keep your head up and I hope things get better for you. What I want to say is to the people involved on the other side.

After graduating from grad school, I was looking for a job. I was extremely discouraged and on really low self-esteem and really in a low period. A professor of mine gave me a reference to an an alum from my school. He was doing the work I was interested in getting into and I felt really glad to be given the opportunity to talk to him. We set up a 30 minute informational interview and he was an absolute asshole to me. I was asking questions and about 5 minutes in started giving me feedback on how I was approaching the informational interview all wrong. I ended the interview short saying my thanks and letting go. But it really destroyed any self-esteem I had when I was job hunting. I still remember that guy's name. Never again.

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