Graduated with a 2.1 from King's College London. No job

.............. irrespective of where I apply, I get rejection after rejection after rejection after rejection after rejection. I've lost track of the types of jobs that I have applied to. I've got no idea what to do.

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Internship?

I think internships would be valuable in terms of gaining experience, although some firms only accept those in penultimate year of study. I graduated in Oct 2012 so that completely rules me out there.

Hey how come you got rejected I assume you applied to graduate entry medicine?

Yes. Even got rejected for the 5 year MBBS at Barts, much to my surprise.

Hi mate Defiently go back to KCL and ask for help with writing up and presenting your CV. There is one way you could have a chance of getting a job with your degree but you may not like it and thats do biomedicine as they need it in the army for blood transfusions ect... but I don't know what the risks are that being that it's the army. Another thing you could do is keep looking for work which I hope you successfully get and keep reapplying for medicine but aim for the lower down medical schools. you may have lost hope but I knew someone that applied for medicine about 3 times and finally got it when he applied for lower down medical schools.

Goodluck mate.

Hint,

look abroad if u want to do biomed as proffession, you are more likely to get a job straightaway but the pay might not be as high as here however.

Why is it a surprise? GEM is much more competitive than the undergraduate course and there are people who are working in relevant areas with similar qualifications, or better than yours, who have not had offers.

I find it a bit odd that you have been applying for finance jobs and grad schemes when you apparently want to do GEM! Are you only interested in medicine because you have been unsuccessful in securing a job in finance?

If you are going to reapply for GEM for 2014, I suggest you consider finding work as a HCA in the NHS to show your commitment and get some relevant experience. www.jobs.nhs.uk

Sounds like a good idea.

I applied to several grad schemes, albeit unsuccessfully. Finding an actual job seems more difficult however. I've had interviews with PWC, Ernst and Young and another finance firm. As for the 50 jobs that I have applied to, have had a single interview. So while I look for employment, I think I will probably attempt to apply as many graduate schemes as I possibly can for 2014 entry.


I think internships would be valuable in terms of gaining experience, although some firms only accept those in penultimate year of study. I graduated in Oct 2012 so that completely rules me out there.

There are hardly any jobs out there! My partner can't find a job and he has a first, a masters and his PhD and he's struggling. Get your CV looked at properly. I can't offer any more advice than that, just keep your chin up and carry on getting experience!

Is it possible that your boyfriend is making too much of his qualifications and not concentrating enough on flaunting his skills? He might have a PhD, but does he actually have any skills that are relevant to the workplace? I'm not saying that you and your boyfriend are necessarily these people, but it does amuse me when people bitch about being rejected from Costa when they have a Masters or PhD - who's Costa gonna hire: someone who's worked as a barista before and knows their lattes from their flat whites or someone who's worked in academia for however long?

Did you fail the competency interviews for PwC and EY? If so, this explains why you haven't got a job. Their questions are competency based and want you to demonstrate several soft skills such as honesty and integrity, team work, team building, leadership, organisational skills etc. To me this shouts out that you haven't done enough whilst at university and college. You haven't got enough examples to answer their ten or so questions.

Furthermore, you seem to just say 'finance'. What in finance? They most likely asked you why you applied to the specific service line (be it, tax, audit or consulting), to which you had no response. I also believe they probably tested your commercial awareness to which you had no answer.

Go and gain some soft skills, keep reapplying and hope for something next year in 2014.

Of course, if it was a final round interview, then you've got serious problems as the partner didn't like your appearance or personality, but I doubt you did get a final round one as you would most likely have been offered a position.

Yes. Even got rejected for the 5 year MBBS at Barts, much to my surprise.