My so-called job search

It's an article of faith in all of the job-hunt literature I've read that finding a job through advertisements happens way less often than expected. After a couple of months of CareerBuilder.com emails in my inbox, I'm starting to believe.

Most every day, I get an e-mail from the folks at CareerBuilder telling me what windfall openings are available in my area of interest (which at this point consists of Birmingham and anywhere within a tank of gas of there). My two main fields of interest are marketing and communications.

So what gets spit out? It falls into a few predictable categories.

* The scams. People think of the word marketing and decide "Ooh, that's fun!" Then they get sucked in by fly-by-night outfits.
* Out of my league. I just graduated with a bachelor's degree and have precious little experience. Therefore, I must be qualified to be an upper-level manager or analyst (MBA strongly prefered, along with 50+ years executive experience). Might want to tweak the old logarithms guys.
* Sales jobs. I don't want to be a salesman. I spent God knows how much money to get a degree in marketing, and every single day had it reinforced that marketing and sales are not the same thing (although they are related). But 99% of people who don't have marketing degrees are convinced they are the same thing, including job sites. So every day I get come-ons in my mailbox so brazen they'd make a working girl blush. "Earn $100,000 your first year working from home with no prospecting!" Pass.
* The inexplicable. Because deep down, I've always wanted to be a Creek Indian. Or a Wal-Mart photographer.

Good grief.