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Why Are graduates left to their own devices after graduation

as soon as after graduation the uni kicks u out and left to fend for yourself no help at all

They should have employers at the graduation and have them offer u a job based on your mark or be there and also u graduate they offer u a job on the spot rather go away and apply online and go through the hard process of getting a job
Uh...how about no.
You're in the adult world, you don't need your hand holding. Universities can't make people employ you, if you deserve the job you'll get it.
The real world doesn't just hand things to you (unless you're an immigrant claiming asylum).
Also, plenty of people secure a job BEFORE they graduate.


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Original post by lascelles
Also, plenty of people secure a job BEFORE they graduate.


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This works for certain industries, but not most

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Reply 5
BA graduate? Didn't they at least point you to the neareat McDonalds?







Only joking.









McDonalds jobs aren't just handed out to anyone.
Original post by Ed's Balls
The real world doesn't just hand things to you (unless you're an immigrant claiming asylum).


or a rich guy with piles of rentired money.
Reply 7
Unis do have career services and offer advice, but many students don't use this.
The education system has spoon fed you enough. You need to grow up and learn to be independent at some point.
Reply 9
Pretty much what everyone else has said. While Unis do have a careers service, there is the expectation that you'll go out and find your own employment. You have paid for an education, not for an offer of employment at the end.
Uni career services are generally very available and very keen to work with students throughout their time at university - and, actually, they're generally also available to graduates for a period of time after they finish their courses. So, I think you're wrong both in times of the timing - finding a job shouldn't, ideally, be something you do nothing about until graduation - and in saying no help is available after that time.

I also think the idea that employers should offer you jobs 'based on your mark' is a rather odd one. Yes, some employers screen candidates based on degree classification - requiring a 2:1 for entry to a graduate scheme, maybe - but that's largely an exercise in thinning the numbers of applicants down. Other than that, employers are far, far faaaar more interested in your skills, experience, and attitude than they are in your grades. Getting, say, 75% overall is really only part of the picture for an employer, and expecting to be offered jobs just on that basis would be a pretty big red flag for them.
Original post by tmckinnin56
as soon as after graduation the uni kicks u out and left to fend for yourself no help at all

They should have employers at the graduation and have them offer u a job based on your mark or be there and also u graduate they offer u a job on the spot rather go away and apply online and go through the hard process of getting a job


So you think university graduates should be mollycoddled their whole life just because they're a university graduate?

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