To those who have began their working life in the recession...

Sapphire

N1AK wrote: »

Nice theory but unless you mean way, way, way back then the figures don't support it:

Well, you used to be able to buy a British-made kettle, for a start (as well as other British-manufactured products)!

Sapphire

somethingcorporate wrote: »

I graduated in 2007.

By Christmas of my final year I had applied for 10+ grad schemes and had a good few interviews. I managed to land a job in February of my final year for a FTSE100 company with 75+ applicants for every place so I count myself very lucky.

Since then I have continued to have a good ride - doubled my salary, been promoted twice, had good bonuses and got some formal accountancy training in to boot. My peers have really polarised - some have gone back home to work in a local Pizza Hut, others have gone on to be self-employed earning £200k+.

I would have drifted had it not been for the love and support of my (now) wife. She is a real go-getter and I am fairly laid back. Without her I would have been a bit of a drifter. I put a lot of my achievement of being in the right place at the right time and do count myself as very fortunate.

I do tend to find though that the harder I work the luckier I get.

I do know several people of your age, though, who landed themselves very good, well-paid jobs, but who really hated what they were doing and the environment in which they worked, and left.

I think that after leaving college some people can be shocked at the sometimes brutal realities of the working world.