If you're coming close to graduation this year, then chances are you've either started your job search already, or you'll be starting it soon. I started my job search a little while ago and what I quickly came to realize is that job searching is almost completely like the process of dating and here are 15 reasons why that is:

1. You have to be ready and committed to finding the right one.

2. You have to choose which way you're going to go about the process.

Are you going to search online? Find them at a bar? (OK probably not, but you catch my drift.)

3. You have to search through a lot of potential candidates.

4. Oh good, you finally found one you liked!

Time to put yourself out there.

5. You have to make yourself look as presentable and appealing as possible.

But this time, it's all on paper.

6. They want to interview you?!

This is like the "talking" phase when dating. You get to find out if you like each other enough to take this to the next step.

7. The night before the interview you're all nervous and spend forever trying to figure out what to wear.

Does this outfit say hire me? What does this color say about me? How should I wear my hair?

8. The first interview kind of feels like a first date.

Which might entail a little bit of awkwardness.

9. OK, you got through the first interview. Now you have to wait for the call back.

You freeze any time you hear anyone's phone go off, you can't stop overthinking that slightly odd answer you gave to one of the questions and hours start to feel like days.

10. They called and want a second interview!

OK, this is getting serious now. This could be something. The phone call probably went something like, "I like you, do you like me too?"

11. You walk into the second interview way more confident than the first.

You're reassured they like you now, therefore, you walk in knowing you got this.

12. You walk out thinking "nailed it."

How you even answered some of those questions, you'll never know.

13. Holy wow, they called and offered you the job.

I repeat, THEY OFFERED YOU THE JOB. OK this is awesome.

14. Now, you have to think if you're actually ready to commit to this.

15. You decide you're ready and you take the job.

Welcome to the first day of the rest of your adult life!