Do graduates "deserve" jobs?

Must ask - have you even gone to uni?

Its an infuriating point of view, to be completely honest. A university degree does not 'entitle' people to anything, it simply makes them educated to a certain standard above and beyond the levels offered in schools and colleges.

Yes

I am at there myself.

Which one and which subject, if I may ask?

History, University of Manchester.

Yes they deserve job for studying full time 3 years and showing dedication ...more than apprentice/ BTEC or other route which is a softer option

Explains a lot. My friend does History and he has 6 hours of week. If you did a tougher course you wouldn't see it as 'a few essays and a dissertation'.

I don't think grads are entitled to a job just from having gone to uni, but I do think it's reasonable to expect a decent job if you have gone to a good uni, got a 2.1, have some work experience and extracurriculars. People leaving with just a degree in an irrelevant subject expecting to walk straight into a good job are deluded.

I don't think I deserve a job when I graduate, but I expect to get one easily.
My plan for the next few years has changed slightly over the last week or two, so I'm unlikely to be looking at "graduate" jobs anyway, more likely is that I will take an office-based or sales type job for 3/4 years, then do an LLM, and then look fo "graduate" jobs. I'll still apply for a few grad schemes that I'm interested in, but if I don't get them straight after my LLB it's not the end of the world. I'm much more focussed now on getting even more work experience than I already have before taking the next stage in my education and then really trying to start my climb up the career ladder.

I think a lot of people think they deserve a certain type of job, and to be able to just sit and wait for that one to arrive, but most don't necessarily think they deserve to walk straight into a job. I also think students who've been almost brainwashed into thinking their degree in (insert "rubbish" degree title here) is going to make them really employable deserve better than they will probably get, but only because they've been, IMO, deliberately misled, and not because they actually have the skills or ability for anything better.

Explains a lot. My friend does History and he has 6 hours of uni a week. If you did a tougher course you wouldn't see it as 'a few essays and a dissertation'.

I don't think grads are entitled to a job just from having gone to uni, but I do think it's reasonable to expect a decent job if you have gone to a good uni, got a 2.1, have some work experience and extracurriculars. People leaving with just a degree in an irrelevant subject expecting to walk straight into a good job are deluded.

What sort of spaceship did you beam down from to think humanities is '6 hours of uni a week'? I've never heard such bull**** in my entire life.

What sort of spaceship did you beam down from to think humanities is '6 hours of uni a week'? I've never heard such bull**** in my entire life.

What sort of spaceship did you beam down from to think humanities is '6 hours of uni a week'? I've never heard such bull**** in my entire life.

My friend who studies History at my uni has 6 hours of contact time a week. Nice try though.

They deserve a job, but they shouldn't just walk into a job.
Months before I finished uni I wrote the best CV I possibly could by rewriting it, and rewriting it until I did not think it could be better. Then I applied for so many jobs. Meanwhile, I got in touch with different work places, telling them who I was and asking if I could come and have a look around. That way, if I got offered an interview, they may remember me and I know more about them. This was all whilst I was studying for my final exams.
I researched all the different places I applied for, while constantly going over interview questions.
I told myself that if I did not get a job in a certain amount of time I would volunteer. Luckily I did get a job.
This is the amount of work that people should have to put in