Uni graduate...new to job seeking.

lexilex

Everybody I know is aware I am looking for work, and they have all said they will keep an eye out for me. I went with my OH to upgrade his mobile this morning and even the man in the phone shop said he would give me a text if anything comes up

If I could do anything it would be something along the lines of a Connexions personal advisor/careers advisor, but the jobs come up around here very infrequently.

I am going to get a load of CV's printed off at work next week and just send them everywhere.

Thanks so much for taking the time to reply, I am going to have a look at the NHS site now.

vaporate

dmg24 wrote: »

Who do you live with, and do you have capital over £6,000/ £16,000?

I know the job market is tough at the moment, but you really should have started looking for work a year ago. Hopefully something will turn up soon - have you looked at Christmas retail vacancies?

LMAO

yeh 1 year in advance...

That would of changed everything...

You can't pay for this comedy lol

Hammyman

lexilex wrote: »

but I am having no look at all

Filling out applications in basic english correctly would be a start. It should be 'luck', not 'look'. Most employers get so many applications that the illiterate looking ones go straight in the bin.

lexilex

Hammyman wrote: »

Filling out applications in basic english correctly would be a start. It should be 'luck', not 'look'. Most employers get so many applications that the illiterate looking ones go straight in the bin.

Oh dear... obviously I spend a bit more time on applications than I do replying to a topic on a internet message board.

ses6jwg

Hammyman wrote: »

Filling out applications in basic english correctly would be a start. It should be 'luck', not 'look'. Most employers get so many applications that the illiterate looking ones go straight in the bin.

You utter clown.

zenmaster

My son finished his Masters a few weeks ago.

Last week he googled the kind of work he is looking for in this area and came up with a list of 20 or so companies. He drove round to all of them and personally told them he was looking for work and handed a CV in. Since many of these places were on industrial estates he also cruised the estate looking for similar companies and called in on them too. In all about 30 companies.

He got to meet and chat with 4 HR representatives and received encouraging responses (including his dream job). He had one refusal, but even they said to apply again next month as they have a graduate intake planned.

Time will tell as to whether he is successful but I was extremely proud and impressed by his proactive attitude and I'm sure prospective employers will be too.

So I would suggest something similar for you. If you can't visit, telephone. Personal contact is so much better, I'm sure, than an unsolicited CV in the post.

stingeylass

Hammyman wrote: »

Filling out applications in basic english correctly would be a start. It should be 'luck', not 'look'. Most employers get so many applications that the illiterate looking ones go straight in the bin.

Oh come on, was that really necessary?
The threadstarter makes ONE spelling mistake in an otherwise perfectly acceptable post and you feel the need to call her up on it? She clearly isn't illiterate and I think it's pretty patronizing to assume that she needs to be told to use correct english.

I really don't understand why some people feel the need to respond in such a negative way when people ask for help on here.

Lexilex, try not to feel too disheartened if you do need to sign up for jobseekers allowance for a while, many graduates do and it won't be forever. Your degree might not seem like much use right now, but once you have more work experience or qualifications in a particular area you might see the ways that it is a benefit to you. If you can't find work in the fields you are interested in right now, getting some voluntary work in a related area could be a good option, so that when jobs do become available you will already have relevant work experience.
Finding a job after graduation can be tough and for a lot of people it is a pretty bleak time, so I think it's important not to be too hard on yourself because it can lead you in to a downward spiral if you start thinking too negatively about your situation.

bristol_pilot

Get yourself down to the Uni careers service! That's what they are there for - their day job is helping grads find work. At least you got a 2.1 and have some work experience. Psychology is unfortunatley a subject in which there are actually very few jobs and every single psychology graduate I have known has had to re-train for something else. And that was before the current economic situation and vast over-expansion of higher education. This problem arose when psychology started to be taught in schools - it is an enjoyable and easy subject but unfortunately a career as a psychologist effectively doesn't exist. The careers service are used to all this and will help you decide what to do. If you can afford to, I would avoid doing temp shop work etc, otherwise you will end up doing that for the rest of your life. You have effectively 2 years after graduation to establish a 'graduate' career - after that you are no longer regarded as a recent graduate. Good luck.

lexilex

Thanks everyone for replying, I really appreciate it and have taken all advice onboard.

bristol_pilot wrote: »

If you can afford to, I would avoid doing temp shop work etc, otherwise you will end up doing that for the rest of your life.

I have been saying actually that I would prefer to do something voluntary that will get me experience in an area I eventually would like to work in, rather than be in a paid job completely unrelated.

pinkshoes

lexilex wrote: »

If I could do anything it would be something along the lines of a Connexions personal advisor/careers advisor, but the jobs come up round here very infrequently.

Probably because they're about to make 50% of front line staff redundant in many areas!!! (as the high paid paper shufflers at the top aren't willing to take a pay cut).

Have you had anyone look at your CV to see it's up to scratch? Work experience is everything, so make sure you're emphasising this on your CV. In fact, it's much more important than a degree at the moment, as too many graduates on the market...

Do you also have good all-round GCSE and A Level results on top of your degree?