Struggled to find a job since graduation.

shaz77_2

tr3mor wrote: »

It might not be helpful, just my opinion. I would not like to have wasted three years of my life to end up in a job that I could have done when I was 12.



As far as I was aware Alan Sugar didn't go to uni, and started his own business when he left school. It's a bit late for the OP to do that.

The reality is that you just don't walk out of University and into a job that pays 100,000 a year you have to start at the bottom and work your way up.

Its never to late for anyone to do anything besides AS has said many times that he feels University is a good idea.

peter999

chibo82 wrote: »

call centre jobs are easy to learn, and its a good place to start. But damn, its the most boring job ever....and I cant stand working there too long. others may disagree.

Call centre jobs are sweat shop jobs to nowhere.

Call centres & supermarkets are run on low pay/insecure/part time jobs as there are so many people available.

They are highly organised & automated centrally controlled factories.

peter999

tr3mor

shaz77 wrote: »

The reality is that you just don't walk out of University and into a job that pays 100,000 a year you have to start at the bottom and work your way up.

Its never to late for anyone to do anything besides AS has said many times that he feels University is a good idea.

No you don't walk into a job paying £100,000. Pay is not really the point. If you've went to the effort of stimulating your mind for three years why would you simply settle for vegetating on the phone.

As Peter999 said - call centres are simply clean factories, you've got no hope of a career ladder. If you spend too long in one then you've got no real hope of getting anything better either.

Why anyone would get a degree and then choose to work in a factory is beyond me.

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Guess what we do at work when we've got some repetative work that we need doing, we give it to a graduate to do.. they are our whipping boys for the tiresome work that us 'experienced' employees don't want to do.

Gotta agree with the call centre thing - i worked in one during the summer of my 2nd year at uni - they almost broke me down; I quit after 2 weeks of doing that sh*t job and started my own web design business. Quite how anyone can do it for several years I do not understand

Catseyez

Whenever anyone mentions "call centre", people alwas seem to think of telesales-type companies.

Due to my personality I could never work in that sort of environment. I once did a day of telemarketing and I absolutely hated it. Never ever again!!!

HOWEVER...there are other call centres which are nothing like these. Namely the ambulance service and lifeline centres who take calls from people in life threatening situations. I've done this work myself and it is incredibly satisfying. Although technically it is a call-centre, it doesn't feel like it, if that makes sense. There's nothing like the satisfaction you get from knowing you've helped to save someone's life or helped stop a fire from getting out of control.

So it's worth looking at your local ambulance service for positions in their control room and also find out if there are any lifeline companies in your area (eg, Age Concern). There's also the police force, where you could work as a civilian in their CAD office, plus the fire service.

It doesn't have to be forever and you might actually enjoy it!

Blacksheep1979

The thing is whilst a call centre may be unsatisfying work it shows you are willing to work and any gaps in employment history have to be accounted for and aren't looked upon favourably - so it is better than nothing.

Also a heads up for this years second years/next years finalists - start applying early ie in your first term, aim to have a job by xmas - it takes alot off your mind and if they have grade requirements gives you something to work towards.

former_student

I've been busy at work as of late and I didn't realise that I had got so many replies to my posts.

I knew I would come in for some criticism so I will try and explain why I did what I did.

1. I had been rejected from all the graduate schemes I applied to mainly due to my lack of experience.
2. I needed a steady income.
3. The company I joined is rather large and offers oppertunities to move into different departments such as IT and HR etc, I thought that by getting my foot in the door I would have a better chance of getting one of these jobs that if I was applying externally while unemployed.
4. The discipline is good as being a student and out of work had led me to become quite undisciplined.

I don't know if this will change anybodys opionions but I hope I have not made a bad decision.

Ianna

Those are very reasonable reasons former_student: you've clearly thought hard about what to do and done the best that you can. You can't magic a job out of nowhere so I don't really see why anyone would criticise you.