Concerned About Employability After International Politics at City university of Lond

I’ve been at City, University of London for five months now, studying International Politics. But I can’t help feeling uncertain about whether I made the right choice. I struggle to find clear, honest information about how well-regarded the university really is, and what realistic prospects look like after this degree.
What worries me most is employability. It sometimes feels like someone studying a practical course like culinary arts or bricklaying at a Russell Group university would have better job prospects than I will with an International Politics degree from City. I’ve tried looking for graduate success stories or examples of what people from this course go on to do, but I can’t find much independent information. The only people who respond to my questions are university student ambassadors, who naturally give very positive – and possibly biased – answers.
I feel stuck and unsure how to judge whether I’m on a good path or whether I’ve limited my future options. What should I do?

You are expecting the course and the university to do too much work for you. Someone with immense political nous, with drive, determination, great networking skills etc could get from City to Prime Minister, Ambassador, the UN etc. A quiet, shy mouse from Oxbridge could fail to establish any career with and IR degree.
So you need to be thinking very specifically about where you can get from International Politics at City. Straight off, you could look at jobs you'd be interested to go in to , look at LinkedIn pages and see if any of their employees have come from City. Then narrow down the field you are looking in to and research what additional experience woudl hold value, do you need some NGO experience, social volunteering, work with an MP etc etc, and line that up your self.
It is YOU that is employable, and employed, not your degree title and university - they only set a very superficial, initial expectation for employers, but evidence soon overcomes that. So you need to focus on building the whole package for the route you want to take.

I’ve been at City, University of London for five months now, studying International Politics. But I can’t help feeling uncertain about whether I made the right choice. I struggle to find clear, honest information about how well-regarded the university really is, and what realistic prospects look like after this degree.
What worries me most is employability. It sometimes feels like someone studying a practical course like culinary arts or bricklaying at a Russell Group university would have better job prospects than I will with an International Politics degree from City. I’ve tried looking for graduate success stories or examples of what people from this course go on to do, but I can’t find much independent information. The only people who respond to my questions are university student ambassadors, who naturally give very positive – and possibly biased – answers.
I feel stuck and unsure how to judge whether I’m on a good path or whether I’ve limited my future options. What should I do?