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Any one graduated but still unemployed?

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I read this post Prospect's graduate forum.

http://tomcat4.prospects.ac.uk:8080/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2146&sid=3486b3b625a212e209beeea00077462e

I'm not surprised really. During my gap year I meet so many graduates with degrees working in retail jobs for £5.50 an hour.

Reply 1

tbm

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Well I graduate in a few weeks and am still looking for FT employment, but its not all bad as I work part time, and am currently earning £8.75 an hour

Im annoyed because I have loads of experience and Im still not getting any response from people :mad:

Reply 2

Ruhr_Phantom

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yeahyeahyeahs

I read this post Prospect's graduate forum.

http://tomcat4.prospects.ac.uk:8080/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2146&sid=3486b3b625a212e209beeea00077462e

I'm not surprised really. During my gap year I meet so many graduates with degrees working in retail jobs for £5.50 an hour.

I graduated in 2005, and did not want to do the usual grad schemes,lots of my friends decided to be accountants and do city jobs. My advice is though any job that you want to do will probably require some kind of experience which will have to be done in your spare time!! I thought that when i graduated it would be easy but you are right it is difficult!

Have you looked at options where there are opportunities for further training in local government jobs-social work, teaching, things like environmental health, police, fire/ambulance service, all these can lead to things. Also there is always the military!!

Always ask people, talk to people you meet and know about their jobs and what they did to get where they were, I have learnt a lot by doing that!!

Hope this helps :biggrin:

chin up

Reply 3

carltona

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Graduating in few days... most likely with a 2:2 in physics, but maybe a third

I have no work experience, no prospects... im going nowhere, very quickly

Reply 4

yeahyeahyeahs

OP

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did you apply for any graduate recruiment schemes? Are these hard to get through?

I went to an assessment day for post A levels and post GCSEs students yesterday. I was competing against 25 candidates, we all had to do a compentancy test including a presentation from 8.30am - 4pm.

I can image the graduate assessment days would be twice as hard!

Reply 5

Clubber Lang

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I was unemployed for a while

Strange as it seems I think it was good for me in a way because it kept me otu of the job I originally wanted - something which I now think I would HAAAAAAATE to do (badly). It has definitly made me consider things wildly different. I am still in the same field (finance) but looking to go in a different direction.

Reply 6

Ruhr_Phantom

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yeahyeahyeahs

did you apply for any graduate recruiment schemes? Are these hard to get through?

I went to an assessment day for post A levels and post GCSEs students yesterday. I was competing against 25 candidates, we all had to do a compentancy test including a presentation from 8.30am - 4pm.

I can image the graduate assessment days would be twice as hard!

Graduate schemes and the kinda scheme you seem to be going for are kinda the same, apart from the obvious difference. Some post A-level schemes offer some good incentives and will sometimes sponsor you to do further education, one of my sisters friends did one in accounting and is doing very well and she is only 19!!

Competition for most jobs is a given, but i think it is healthy, makes you more determined and it is a good indicator to see if that is the job you really wanna do!!

Good luck with it :biggrin:

Reply 7

yeahyeahyeahs

OP

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I got pass the first round and have a interview on Monda!

I've got an idea to make me stand out in the next interview and surprise them with all my knowledge about the industry. :biggrin:

Reply 8

cowboya

Just graduated with a 2:1 this year and still looking for jobs.

No idea what kind of job I'm looking for either. Prefer research-based job since I'm doing biochemistry but still looking. So yeah, I'm unemployed. :frown:

Reply 9

Ruhr_Phantom

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cowboya

Just graduated with a 2:1 this year and still looking for jobs.

No idea what kind of job I'm looking for either. Prefer research-based job since I'm doing biochemistry but still looking. So yeah, I'm unemployed. :frown:

You must have only just graduated so do not be too hard on yourself, something will come up, just keep applying!! :smile:

Reply 10

graemematt

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I'm an unemployed graduate!! Alright so I know I'm going on to do a Masters but...right now I have no job status, heh heh

Reply 11

carltona

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Unemployed and graduating in a few days

There arent many fields of work I can see myself doing, am also restricted by a 2:2

Reply 12

Steve2004

I'm an unemployed graduate! It's my own fault though for not knowing what I want to do with my life, so I can't focus on anything.

Going to have to pull my finger out soon though.

Reply 13

Vohamanah

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I'm a Law graduate with a 2:1 currently claiming JSA :smile:

Hopefully I won't have to wait too long before getting a job. I'm doing my LPC Sept 2008 anyway so its not forever.

Reply 14

Prince Rhyus

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This is always a tricky one because I effectively found myself in this situation for a year after graduating.

A few of things to think about:

What are you doing in the meantime? One of the hardest things to do with a CV is to fill in the "gaps" in your career path. There are 2 ways of dealing with this.
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More studying

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Volunteering

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Temping

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I did all of these in the two years between graduating and getting a general admin job in the civil service. (Learnt my trade for two and a half years before going for and getting on the Civil Service Fast Stream.

Part-time studying allows you to perhaps do a course that you might never have had the chance to have done - especially something that involves a lot of reading. It's not a huge commitment if you have your daytimes free, but on your CV you don't need to mention whether a course was full or part-time. It simply looks like you were doing something with your time

Ditto with volunteering. The bad thing about this is that it doesn't pay. The good thing about this is that you tend to be given far more of a freer reign - especially with office and admin-related stuff. If you really want to develop your IT skills, this is one way to go about it. Organisations jump at people with these skills.

Temping is money, but without the security and is more stressful than volunteering. You are paid to do a job. If you aren't up to scratch, they can get rid of you. Alternatively, it can be a route into a permanent job if you are competent enough.

All the best
PR

Reply 15

carltona

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Courses cost about £500 around here, for anything

expensive :/

Reply 16

tbm

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God its so depressing!! :frown:

I still havent found a job and Ive been applying since April! :frown:

Ive been applying for admin jobs mainly as thats what I have experience in and as I'll be doing my MSc this year I need something full time to keep the money coming in

I have had a few people getting back to me but not for the jobs I really wanted!! The problem is that a lot of the jobs Ive found are actually less wages than Im earning now, so it seems sort of pointless if Im going to be earning less!!!

Any one graduated but still unemployed?

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