Feel like students are very negative about jobs after university?!

To be honest I don't think people should choose their degree based on their job prospects (as long as it's a 'sensible' degree, if you know what I mean...). Most people I know don't want to enter something directly related to their degree - most careers like consultancy, marketing, management etc don't ask for a specific subject but prefer degree education. No point me doing maths or a similar degree I won't enjoy and won't be good at (I wouldn't have got to Oxford otherwise).

I'm not looking for a research job really, but would love to enter public health or health policy - the health knowledge I've learnt during my degree is actually very useful for my current internship (although there are obviously people working there without that background).

Out of interest what subject did you do?

Biology degrees are a dime a dozen, so many biology grads around these days that you have to be extra, extra special if you want a grad job.

And yes, you may be trying, but you are not trying hard enough. Just "trying" does not cut it, not in today's job market.

I think you're being a little bit rude and harsh. He went to oxford?

Yes I know, but an Oxford degree alone is not enough to ensure full-time employment after graduation. It may spike the employer's interest at first, but if there are graduates from other Russell Group unis with more work experience then those are the ones that will be put at the top of the pile.

You see, I was very fortunate to have done work experience in a neuroscience laboratory at Imperial and the head of directors of the labs at imperial basically warned me to stay away from biochemistry and biology degrees. He completely wiped my interest in neuroscience;however I'm glad he warned me. Literally nobody believes me and gets mad when I say biology really isn't worth it.

To be honest I don't think people should choose their degree based on their job prospects (as long as it's a 'sensible' degree, if you know what I mean...). Most people I know don't want to enter something directly related to their degree - most careers like consultancy, marketing, management etc don't ask for a specific subject but prefer degree education. No point me doing maths or a similar degree I won't enjoy and won't be good at (I wouldn't have got to Oxford otherwise).

I'm not looking for a research job really, but would love to enter public health or health policy - the health knowledge I've learnt during my degree is actually very useful for my current internship (although there are obviously people working there without that background).

Out of interest what subject did you do?

Biology is one of the easiest A-levels out there. 90% of the things u need to know are all visuals.

Yeah, obviously, work experience and character play a role. But you can't say he is not trying. I'm also going to judge from the fact he went to oxford that he does work hard. Yes, the job market is tough, but you don't need to make him feel worse about his situation. If you're experienced in this field, it may be more helpful to give him tips than putting him down?

Yes, he essentially told me that if you want to get most jobs in biology you would need a masters or phd. ( I didn't really fancy the idea of a phd). He also said that working for pharmaceutical companies can be quite unstable because they can just completely shut down and then you're out of the job and then have to compete wth your colleagues for all the new ones

How the hell can they just "shut down"?!

Biology degrees are a dime a dozen, so many biology grads around these days that you have to be extra, extra special if you want a grad job.

And yes, you may be trying, but you are not trying hard enough. Just "trying" does not cut it, not in today's job market.