Still unemployed after nearly a year graduating!!

snobbish

Your attitude, with respect, stinks. The whole 'I have a degree so won't start on minimum wage' line is not only snobbish, but also possibly a reason why you've not yet secured employment.

aspirational

well u took a study thats not very likely to becoma a miloniar in one year time likely to a study as philosofy, wich has large numbers of unemplyment these days... all i can say is : keep on searching for that one perfect job, wich can take years of solicitating , and in the meanwhile try to enjoy a litle bit of life, enjoying life is often for free !!!

uh says who ? im doing a Philosophy degree where 70% of graduates [in this course] end up in a professional/managerial job within 6 months. Though my uni does have one of the highest employability rates in the country

That sort of thinking is too short term. Rome was not built in a day. Careers take time to develop and progress; you cannot really expect to be earning piles of money straight out of university. The hard work doesn't just stop when you get your degree, it carries on long into the future. Take the example of an apprentice plumber. He/she will earn virtually nothing to start with (comparable with a student on a uni course not having much money) yet once they are trained and have a few years experience they can run their own business and earn easily £50k +. On your thinking the apprentice plumber shouldn't bother because he gave up the chance to earn a bit more in the short term stacking shelves and went through a lot of hard work for minimal financial reward for the first few years of his career.

Hello all, time for a rant !! lol

Is there anyone else who finished uni in 2012 and is still looking for work? Or am I the only one??

I graduated in Environmental Health, and am aware only about 8 unis do that couse in the UK! So you would think the prospect of getting a job is high!

I have sort of given up in that field and looking at any job now (not minimum wage, call me arrogant but I aint working for min wage after spending 4 years at uni - then being stuck there for the rest of my life!)

Am not restricting myself, am happy to move anywhere in the world as long as the pay can support me.

I offically finished in May 2012, so yeah its nearly a year and am 25 soon too!

As my name says - uni is a rip off - they have even increased the fees to £9k (total joke) yet you cant get job. Why? Because we dont have experience.


Anyone in this boat feels ripped off?

People I went school with are far better off by not going college or uni!

Darn thing now is I cant even do an apprentaship!

Rant over (or commerical :P)

Your attitude, with respect, stinks. The whole 'I have a degree so won't start on minimum wage' line is not only snobbish, but also possibly a reason why you've not yet secured employment. If I'm an employer taking someone new on who has absolutely no experience or track record, then do you really think they'll be paying top dollar straight away? You don't just walk into high paying employment unless you do one of very few degrees (medicine, dentistry, some lawyers for instance) and have to work your way up. The people at the top of many small companies (particularly in certain fields) started at the very bottom on not much money and worked themselves up through hard work and dedication. To turn your nose up at any form of job because you think you're worth more is in my view a very short sighted attitude to have, and one you may come to regret. The whole assumption that if you start in a low paid job then you'll end up there for life is also rather ignorant; sure a lot of people will but those with particular ability/graft will progress.

At school I worked for a supermarket and our store manager started there at age 16 as a till assistant, and 20 years on is the manager of the store on a considerable amount of money. If he'd said 'I'm not working at Tesco; tills don't pay enough' then he'd not be earning what he does now. The graduate market is flooded with more applicants than there are jobs by a mile, and if you don't seek out alternative pathways to being successful you're going to find yourself in a very weak position in the years to come I fear.

He isn't being snobbish.. just unrealistic (due to no fault of his own). Todays economy is designed to demand youth become highly efficient, low paid robots to slave away for companies making giant profits, controlled and owned by the elite. Our society epitomises serfdom. The rich get richer, the poor well they'll stave. To some extent, it might have always been this way, but now the contrast is greater than ever and the gap is only growing.

So.. Just to confirm: You went to a **** uni, studied a **** course and now you are unable to obtain a job that pays more than a **** salary?

I can't see a problem with that.

So.. Just to confirm: You went to a **** uni, studied a **** course and now you are unable to obtain a job that pays more than a **** salary?

I can't see a problem with that.

Hello all, time for a rant !! lol

Is there anyone else who finished uni in 2012 and is still looking for work? Or am I the only one??

I graduated in Environmental Health, and am aware only about 8 unis do that couse in the UK! So you would think the prospect of getting a job is high!

I have sort of given up in that field and looking at any job now (not minimum wage, call me arrogant but I aint working for min wage after spending 4 years at uni - then being stuck there for the rest of my life!)

Am not restricting myself, am happy to move anywhere in the world as long as the pay can support me.

I offically finished in May 2012, so yeah its nearly a year and am 25 soon too!

As my name says - uni is a rip off - they have even increased the fees to £9k (total joke) yet you cant get job. Why? Because we dont have experience.


Anyone in this boat feels ripped off?

People I went school with are far better off by not going college or uni!

Darn thing now is I cant even do an apprentaship!

Rant over (or commerical :P)