Dont pick mathematics as a degree!!

What Uni did you go to?

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I've recently graduated from university from a good university and received a 2.1
degree in mathematics . My advice too anybody thinking about choosing maths as a degree; don't, look elsewhere. I've been unemployed for the last 4 months despite having 13 different interviews. The job market is horrible out there, do something
that has the skills for a workplace, like accountancy or engineering or a vocational degree. Mathematics is related to very few jobs, don't take it.

One from top 40 in the uk.

A 2:1 from a 'top 40' uni in a country with under 130 unis on the ranking tables is decent but hardly spectacular. That's not going to guarantee you a nice graduate job in this day and age unfortunately, you're going to need to do more to make yourself more employable.

The fact is mathematics has higher employment rates than any of the degrees you've mentioned, so the problem unfortunately may lie with you. Why did you choose to do a maths degree, if you don't mind me asking? And what kind of jobs are you applying for now, are they in any way related to your degree?

13 interviews in 4 months? Sounds like you need better interview skills.

If anything I would say your maths degree is opening you a lot of doors. You are just not skilled enough to step through them.

ps I say that being terrible at interviews myself.

So you chose Mathematics so you'd have a higher chance of getting a job ? Is that the only reason ?

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No, I enjoy mathematics and thought it could lead to better things for myself, how wrong I was.

I've recently graduated from university from a good university and received a 2.1
degree in mathematics . My advice too anybody thinking about choosing maths as a degree; don't, look elsewhere. I've been unemployed for the last 4 months despite having 13 different interviews. The job market is horrible out there, do something
that has the skills for a workplace, like accountancy or engineering or a vocational degree. Mathematics is related to very few jobs, don't take it.

Soo you picked a general academic degree, then proceeded not to put much effort into improving your employment prospects with your free time at uni, then decided not to ask for feedback/improve your interview technique, and finally, you come on a student forum to warn people not to choose a degree because you didn't put in enough grafting to make the most of your degree. Sorry, but there's a distinct lack of sympathy on my behalf.

You should spend your time improving your prospects and not making woe is me posts on TSR.

A lot of degrees are academic and general, a lot of grad jobs (70-80% of them) bear no strict requirement to the degree you do + some have a STEM requirement - there really is no reason why a mathematics undergraduate (or really any undergraduate) with the right attitude and CV can't get a decent grad job.

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Dear, dear, dear. This is a by the textbook example of what NOT to do as a student, such a shame that so many of them fall into this trap.

1) Student is studying a somewhat respected degree and is on track for a decent grade.
2) Student becomes smug and expects to be able to waltz into a grad job the second they finish uni.
3) Student completely neglects the breadth of opportunities available to them (work experience, part-time jobs, internships, university representative opportunities...) and graduates with nothing but a measly piece of paper.
4) Student is unable to find even the most basic of retail jobs upon graduation.
5) Student does not bother to come up with a plan B and instead sits around moping, blaming the evil conservative government, and looking for sympathy on the internet.

And I tell you something, you will get no sympathy whatsoever here, so don't even try. If you can't find a job then you need to take one great big look at yourself, think "Where on Earth did I go wrong?", "Why aren't I good enough for even a part-time warehouse job?", seek to sort yourself out immediately, and do whatever (and I mean whatever) it takes to get yourself into the world of work.

I've recently graduated from university from a good university and received a 2.1
degree in mathematics . My advice too anybody thinking about choosing maths as a degree; don't, look elsewhere. I've been unemployed for the last 4 months despite having 13 different interviews. The job market is horrible out there, do something
that has the skills for a workplace, like accountancy or engineering or a vocational degree. Mathematics is related to very few jobs, don't take it.

Lol. Have you thought that maybe, you're the reason behind your unemployment. Maybe you just sucked during interviews in comparison to other candidates, therefore you not having a job.

Oh and having a degree doesn't automatically guarantees you a job. It merely is just a stepping stone, and the foundation of getting a job.

Nope. A lot of mathematicians are some of the cleverest people you'll meet.

If you enjoy it why aren't you better at it? The problem isn't maths - it's that you're not particularly smart or useful to employers. A 2:1 from a uni scraping into the top 40 is mediocre at best