Anybody else hate their careers

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Recently I've (30m) been made redundant. I look back at the jobs i've done across the last 9 years and I can't say i've enjoyed any of them. In fact, a lot of these corporate jobs made me more depressed if anything. I was coming into work doing something I never wanted to do, pretending to be someone i'm not. All for the reason that I don't know what else to do with my career.
I graduated with a 1st Class in Mathematics. The though of going into a corporate job every day gives me shivers of anxiety. Anyone else also feel lost, and feel like the years are ticking away?

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Mohammed_2000

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by kevalkev

Recently I've (30m) been made redundant. I look back at the jobs i've done across the last 9 years and I can't say i've enjoyed any of them. In fact, a lot of these corporate jobs made me more depressed if anything. I was coming into work doing something I never wanted to do, pretending to be someone i'm not. All for the reason that I don't know what else to do with my career.
I graduated with a 1st Class in Mathematics. The though of going into a corporate job every day gives me shivers of anxiety. Anyone else also feel lost, and feel like the years are ticking away?

I wouldn’t say hate I just feel or have a lot of regret. I graduated with a degree in Computing yet 2 and a half years down the line I can’t find a graduate job in Computing like the market is so hard and competitive and I wished that one company gave me the opportunity to realise what I have and the passion and love I have for IT. Also I feel as though my health condition like plays a discriminatory role as I get overlooked for it in like other career paths that I am interested within and that makes me quite sad and upset. And fearful about what career I have ahead of myself as I turn 25 in December and I am scared I will be stuck in retail for the rest of my life and retail is just so toxic, dull and dark and depressive with ignorant, rude and impatient lazy customers. The regretful part also is me going to University over not doing an Apprenticeship I should have listened to my heart and not have been influenced by my family well Uncle and his Friend Anyways at the time and I have paid the price for it. :dontknow:

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kevalkev

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Sounds like something similar I went through when i first graduated. Took me a long time to land a job. Even if I interviewed, the role always went to 'better suited' candidates. The issue is, everybody is now going to uni so even graduate jobs are super competetive. Even with entry level jobs, it's a paradox where you need to have experience to get experience.
Have you been on the job hunt since you graduated, and do you mind if i ask what health conditions you have?

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Mohammed_2000

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by kevalkev

Sounds like something similar I went through when i first graduated. Took me a long time to land a job. Even if I interviewed, the role always went to 'better suited' candidates. The issue is, everybody is now going to uni so even graduate jobs are super competetive. Even with entry level jobs, it's a paradox where you need to have experience to get experience.
Have you been on the job hunt since you graduated, and do you mind if i ask what health conditions you have?

So I have been applying to roles looking through Job Boards, I have done hundreds of applications, I also tried the Apprenticeship route that too knowing the knowledge I gained from my Degree won’t overlap the Apprenticeship and I cannot land an Apprenticeship. I have Epilepsy, so if I wanted to join the Police Force or Become a Paramedic I would not be able to do it. Yes I acknowledge these type of Jobs require driving yet they aren’t a one person job it’s a 2 people thing personally and yet I don’t understand how I cannot be an Associate Practitioner or Police Officer.

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