HELP! Dont know what to do for the best with regard to my Masters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Re: HELP! Dont know what to do for the best with regard to my Masters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    (Original post by Ste_r_kirk)
    I could go for it, the reason why I am pondering weather to carry on with it, is beacue I feel I have not got the capability of pass the masters, due to the fact I have been out of education for 2 years and struggling getting back into it. Im just in fear that I could a year of half year studying the masters and find not to even pass it and it would such as big waste of money and time. thanks for the replies btw...
    Not being harsh here but your grammar and spelling could have contributed to the reasons why you've found it difficult to land a job.

    Or maybe you were typing too fast, then my apology.
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    Re: HELP! Dont know what to do for the best with regard to my Masters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    (Original post by Ste_r_kirk)
    Hi there,

    Im 23 years old and I am currently studying MSc in Operations and Supply Chain management at the University of Liverpool. I graduated in 2009 with a 2.1 degree in business management, therefore I have been out of education for 2 years before coming back to do this masters. The reason for returning to university to study a masters was hopefully improve my employment prospects.

    Since I have graduated in 2009, I haven’t had much success in terms of finding employment, as I been in and out of various jobs. However I have gained some work experience in these two years, such as I been an assistant manager in one my previous retail positions and I have also volunteered for various charitable organisations carrying out administration work and in my last employment I was an internal account Manager for 8 months selling IT products.

    However since my contract ended as an internal account manager I have been struggling trying to find employment, as I have applied to over 70 jobs over 2months with nothing coming of it these included basic clerical/admin positions. Therefore I decided to go back to university and study a master’s degree.

    This brings me on to my point, that I have now been studying this masters for 4 weeks now, and in these 4 weeks I felt de motivated to study as the masters has not met my expectations meaning that I have found the whole subject of Operations and supply chain manager not very interested, also the subject just doesn’t motivate me and I feel Im doing this master for sake of doing it to help get me a job. Not only I am not enjoying and having doubts about the course, I have also found it a struggle trying to get back into education and academia again after 2 years. To solve this I have tried going to all the support classes offered with regards to research literature and Harvard referencing in the hope it would refresh my mind, but it has not worked. I have struggled with researching for my assignments and just generally trying to get back into the studying and academia again resulting myself being under a lot of stress and anxiety and maybe this is why I am not enjoying the course.

    I’m not sure what to do? Do I carry on with the masters, that I don’t find particularly interesting or motivated to study due to the stress and anxiety it is causing me after being 2years out of education, only to carry it on as I feel I have no other option with regards gaining a career? Or do I drop out and just keep applying for jobs again whilst volunteering for various organisations to gain work experience?

    Any suggestions would be great.
    What the hell are you talking about? Try explaining it again, this time in English.
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