seeking job is not an easy job

Nowadays hunting for job has become my daily routine. Flipping the classifieds, logging into the different job portals, sending in resumes. And waiting for replies.

Looking at the job requirements, many of the job postings say Nitec/diploma/degree. Which means to say, that position can be filled by an ITE grad, a polytechnic grad, or an university grad. That starts me thinking, what difference does holding on to a university cert make? (they will say, the pay is different. If so, why would employer pay more for the same job?) Why go the extra 4 years if you don't need a degree cert? Why pump money (both ours and taxpayers') into university education? Has our university education failed? Or has the economy failed us?

Ah, and during interviews, one standard question is, what makes you different from other candidates? How to convince them that the company can't function without you (of cos, that's a lie. Both the interviewer and the interviewee know it.) Seriously unless I've gotten hold of some scandals between the chairman and his secretary, I don't see how I can convince them. I'm just here to look for a job.

I'm kinda glad I'm the only one feeling frustrated. My parents have been supportive, never rushing me, and even suggesting me to go on a trip. I just want to get a job so that they can retire. They have been working for decades, even machines need a rest, no?