Am I screwed for life?

I graduated with a degree in Economics and Politics (high 2:1)

Does this mean I'm unemployable?? .

I graduated with a degree in Economics and Politics (high 2:1) from a red brick university this past September at the age of 26. I'm now 27.

I've had health problems since I was teenager which also affected me during my studies. As a result, I had to drop out at the beginning of my 2nd year and repeat it (although I received full marks due to mit. circumstances). I graduated in 4 years.

I'm also a co-owner of a diner from which I financed my studies (I'd not have been able to study otherwise). I still make money from it but it's clearly not what I want to do in life (job is boring and offers no challenges).

Because of my health problems, I gained no work experience during my studies (I've only worked for my own business). I also don't have any UCAS points as I've non-UK high school credentials (some firms have equivalent tables but 95% don't). I didn't know this but a huge number of jobs require specific points for entry.

Does this mean I'm unemployable?? everyone seems to have had past work experience or be really young which I'm not anymore.

does your question really need an answer?

You have significant work experience - you have run your own business!!! You just have to demonstrate the skills/knowledge you have gained that you can then transfer into the career you pursue. There will be plenty of them.If you want to roughly translate your qualifications into UCAS points, then Brighton uni has a very handy translation. It is not factual (its an interpretation), but will give you an indication of how your non-UK qualifications will be seen - https://www.brighton.ac.uk/international/study-with-us/your-country-info/index.aspx. You are a recent graduate too, so your age is not an issue. There are some organisations who will only recruit recent graduates (I never really understood why) but you'd meet that criteria anyway.If anything it sounds like your attitude is the only thing holding you back. You are too dismissive of your own ability/circumstances. You really need to think about how you can start to demonstrate your success/strengths and have more belief in them. This is half the battle when applying for jobs.

No you're not.

There are skills to be learnt from everyday life.

You probably gained more skills from the diner than half the other people who just sat in a solicitors for a week pretending to do the job and gain experience.

Here are the skills you have to have to own and run a diner:

1. Be mindbogglingly patient and polite to people you'd normally cause grievous bodily harm to.
2. Be there from 7am to 1am every single day and having no life whatsoever.

Oh yeah sometimes you've to take 100 food pics, discard 99 and and post one on social media with a snappy subtitle to attract the cool kids. Burgers and fries do not apparently sell themselves.

I worked in the diner from 18 to 21/22. Then studied for 5 years (1st year was foundation year + 4 years for the degree). And now I'm back since September 2015. FML.

Here are the skills you have to have to own and run a diner:

1. Be mindbogglingly patient and polite to people you'd normally cause grievous bodily harm to.
2. Be there from 7am to 1am every single day and having no life whatsoever.

Oh yeah sometimes you've to take 100 food pics, discard 99 and and post one on social media with a snappy subtitle to attract the cool kids. Burgers and fries do not apparently sell themselves.

I worked in the diner from 18 to 21/22. Then studied for 5 years (1st year was foundation year + 4 years for the degree). And now I'm back since September 2015. FML.

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I'm assuming you never talked to suppliers? Y'know, the companies that deliver the raw food to that place? Or the people who cook the food you serve? Or the cleaners who keep it tidy for the day after?

Sounds from what you've said that you are fine, you just need to change your mindset. Not sure how you can have 'run a diner' for presumably 4 years, that has funded your studies, and still think you have no work experience!

Read the actual skills the job you are after requires, not the context/environment they will be used in, and ask yourself if you have evidence of having those specific skills. If you have evidence, transferred from other contexts in life, you should be competitive in applications.

No relevant work experience.

I'm also a co-owner of a diner from which I financed my studies (I'd not have been able to study otherwise).

It was partly a joke btw.

But what do you think talking to the suppliers involve? this is a small business, I'm not ASDA.

Diner has 4 permanent staff. 2 more depending on the season/event/etc. I've done nearly everything except preparing food. Serving tables, cleaning, storage/logistics, promotion, etc.

The work required is mostly repetitive, boring and predictive. It's not some grand adventure.



No relevant work experience.

The work required is mostly repetitive, boring and predictive. It's not some grand adventure.

I graduated with a degree in Economics and Politics (high 2:1) from a red brick university this past September at the age of 26. I'm now 27.

I've had health problems since I was teenager which also affected me during my studies. As a result, I had to drop out at the beginning of my 2nd year and repeat it (although I received full marks due to mit. circumstances). I graduated in 4 years.

I'm also a co-owner of a diner from which I financed my studies (I'd not have been able to study otherwise). I still make money from it but it's clearly not what I want to do in life (job is boring and offers no challenges).

Because of my health problems, I gained no work experience during my studies (I've only worked for my own business). I also don't have any UCAS points as I've non-UK high school credentials (some firms have equivalent tables but 95% don't). I didn't know this but a huge number of jobs require specific points for entry.

Does this mean I'm unemployable?? everyone seems to have had past work experience or be really young which I'm not anymore.

No you're not.

There are skills to be learnt from everyday life.

You probably gained more skills from the diner than half the other people who just sat in a solicitors for a week pretending to do the job and gain experience.