The Vacancy Grinder That Eats Degrees
A Spiralverse™ Tale by Heileny Suárez
 
Format: Illustrated Poetic Book | Language: English | Length: 12 pages | Age: Young Adult to Adult (12+)
 
A poetic illustrated story where ambition becomes paperwork, degrees become snacks, and dignity is reclaimed, one choice at a time.
 
 
The Machine Behind the Dream
 
 
What if the job market wasn’t a market…
but a mouth?
 
What if “entry level” meant five years, 
and your diploma was only useful as a receipt-shaped crumb?
 
The Vacancy Grinder That Eats Degrees follows a tiny person carrying a folder marked FUTURE into a corporate world that looks clean… until it starts chewing.
 
A tower-bodied, tie-tongued monster appears, polite eyes, paper teeth, inbox mouth, feeding on diplomas, time, and quiet hope. Around it, debt coils like ribbon. Promotions float out of reach. Pay drips into minutes. And in the glass reflection, the narrator becomes a barcode-shadow: useful, replaceable.
 
But the spiral turns.
 
A Guardian arrives, not as rescue, but as proof: a portfolio, a practice, a plan.
Not “perfect credentials.” Real skill. Real craft. Real community.
 
This isn’t a story about hating work.
It’s a story about refusing to disappear inside it.
 
 
What You’ll Find Inside
 
 
12 pages of Spiralverse™ symbolic storytelling (fracture → mirror → return)
Mixed-media, sketchbook-style illustrations with hidden spiral motifs
A poetic narrative where degrees become currency and systems become characters
A “Return with Light” ending: simple, human-centred solutions (not preaching)
 
 
 
Themes Explored
 
 
Student debt and credential pressure
Underemployment, toxic workplaces, and “merit” myths
Identity reduced to productivity
Skill-building as survival, and as sovereignty
Choosing work that fits the human, not the machine
 
 
 
Perfect For
 
 
Students, graduates, and career-changers
Creatives, founders, and “multi-hyphen” workers
Readers who love symbolic stories with practical value
Anyone who has ever thought: I did everything right… so why do I feel erased?
 
 
 
Available Formats
 
 
Digital Collector’s Edition (PDF)
Print-on-Demand Softcover – Ships Worldwide
 
 
 
Features
 
 
Premium matte paper for print editions
Hand-drawn Spiralverse™ sketchbook aesthetic (paper grain, charcoal smudges, wax-pastel texture)
Spiralverse™ emblem + hidden spiral details throughout
Minimal text, high emotional resonance
 
 
 
Reader Reflection
 
 
“After this book, I stopped trying to look hireable, and started building proof.”
 
The Vacancy Grinder That Eats Degrees isn’t a career guide.
It’s a mirror… and a way out.
 
 
 
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