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Cavy's Career Crawl - A Graduate's Blog Hey, I'm Cavy
, I've kept blogs throughout my academic years. As I graduated this year you may have assumed we had reached the end of this blogging series, but i am back 
Reasons for making this blog:
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-Graduating during a pandemic isn't ideal. Graduate opportunities have become far scarcer and competition for jobs is even stiffer than before. For this reason it is easy to feel demoralised and I am hoping that when I am low on motivation this blog will help me get back on track
-I've not seen someone do this on tsr before, I know there are a lot of fellow graduates out there feeling like I am but they feel alone as they dont see others talking about the challenges of being a graduate.
-Hoping to gather some wisdom from people in the careers section
perfecting your application is an perpetually on going process and i welcome any sensible suggestions on how to strengthen it
-I read that it is good to keep track of how many jobs you have applied to and your success rate. Thus far I have had two main types of application, the more industrial design side and the more aesthetic graphics side. Hopefully by logging what i am applying to i will be able to see trends of where (if anywhere
i am most successful).
-I've not seen someone do this on tsr before, I know there are a lot of fellow graduates out there feeling like I am but they feel alone as they dont see others talking about the challenges of being a graduate.
-Hoping to gather some wisdom from people in the careers section
perfecting your application is an perpetually on going process and i welcome any sensible suggestions on how to strengthen it -I read that it is good to keep track of how many jobs you have applied to and your success rate. Thus far I have had two main types of application, the more industrial design side and the more aesthetic graphics side. Hopefully by logging what i am applying to i will be able to see trends of where (if anywhere
i am most successful).Academic History
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GCSEs = 8A*s and 2As
AS = 4As
A2 = A*AA
First Year = PASS (we only got 'pass' or 'fail' for our first year at my uni).
Second Year = 2:1 as far as i know
Third Year: 2:1 Overall degree classification for BA(Hons) Product Design
AS = 4As
A2 = A*AA
First Year = PASS (we only got 'pass' or 'fail' for our first year at my uni).
Second Year = 2:1 as far as i know
Third Year: 2:1 Overall degree classification for BA(Hons) Product Design
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Am a member of the Volunteer Team for Chat and DT which i very much enjoy so you will see me around a fair bit in those forums ![Image]()
. I absolutely love rodents and have had 12 guinea pigs (four currently) and 4 hamsters (2 currently) ![Image]()
. I also have an obsession with military history and art so in my spare time I am either drawing or watching documentaries 
I have some health issues (these do not affect my ability to work) but this blog will not be focusing heavily on that. I am more than my diagnoses and I'm not at the declaration stage of work so it's not especially relevant right now. I'll sort that out/ask for advice on that if it comes up
. I absolutely love rodents and have had 12 guinea pigs (four currently) and 4 hamsters (2 currently) 
. I also have an obsession with military history and art so in my spare time I am either drawing or watching documentaries 
I have some health issues (these do not affect my ability to work) but this blog will not be focusing heavily on that. I am more than my diagnoses and I'm not at the declaration stage of work so it's not especially relevant right now. I'll sort that out/ask for advice on that if it comes up
Disclaimer: Please do not laugh at me
i dont know how many applications i will have to do. Whether it is 50 or 500 please don't come here to post i should have done X degree or I should have gone to X uni. I'm very happy with how my education has gone and my focus is on moving forwards not harking back Also for privacy i wont be saying where I am applying to or any other private details about myself or the companies 
Update as of March 2021:
I have been working as a quality control inspector for the last 6 months. During this time I have also been working shifts as a result of this years lockdown. I have now successfully completed my probation period and am now a fully fledged employee.
Recently I applied for a design position within my company and have been successful, I am due to start this position at the end of April.
Update as of April 2022:
I left my last design job in November 2021. This is all explained here.
I am now a design administrator in trade interior design.
I have held this position since January 2022
I am enjoying it so far.
I also started volunteering at a horse sanctuary in November of 2021 and continue to do this each week outside of work.
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In the same boat here, trying to find some temporary work of any kind! Nice grades btw
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I look forward to you strapping on your job helmet, climbing into the job cannon and firing yourself into job land.
Fairly sure that is how it works
Fairly sure that is how it works
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yay go cavy!!! so excited to follow you on the next leg of your journey 
best of luck
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Working in product design, I imagine you'll be using a portfolio of work for applications?
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