So I was talking to a friend yesterday, who's in the same position as me, and I asked her how the job search was going. She was not a happy bunny and rightly so. She'd been into her local shopping centre and there was a sales job advertised in one of the shops, so she went and got an application form. Went back the day after and they said the position had been filled. Now surely when interviews are taking place they shouldn't be giving out more application forms, or should have at least let her know that they were interviewing the day she picked up the application form?! Do they really think we have nothing better to do than waste our time filling in application forms when the position is no longer available. We're not doing this for s***s and giggles!!!
I decided to do a little research. Find out some statistics - according to the Higher Education Careers Service Unit (HECSU), which was reported in the DailyMail back in June (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1192349/Graduate-unemployment-set-double-soaring-numbers-struggle-work-amid-recession.html), one in 10 graduates (40,000) will still be unemployed in 6 months - that's double last years figures.
So where does that leave us? 6 months down the line still signing on? Hopefully next month things will start to look up - any returning students will leave the jobs that they might have had over the summer, opening up opportunities for all of us. So...we'll see!!!
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
21/vii/09
So, I'm back...it's been just over 3 weeks since I last 'blogged' and I'm still in the same situation. The story of my life at the moment....apply for jobs...don't hear anything back...sign on...apply for jobs....I think you get the picture!!
I'd considered doing a PGCE but had left it all a little bit too late...and I think everyone else had the same thoughts as me on the matter. Needless to say I was unsuccessful because the course was filled up. Time to come up with another plan! Any ideas?!
Two possibilities are on the cards...Derby or Dublin... why not both. One in September, the other in January. A couple of months in the middle of Dublin City...followed by a year in Derby....sounds like a good plan to me.
But, and there's always a 'but', there is still the question of a job...
I'd considered doing a PGCE but had left it all a little bit too late...and I think everyone else had the same thoughts as me on the matter. Needless to say I was unsuccessful because the course was filled up. Time to come up with another plan! Any ideas?!
Two possibilities are on the cards...Derby or Dublin... why not both. One in September, the other in January. A couple of months in the middle of Dublin City...followed by a year in Derby....sounds like a good plan to me.
But, and there's always a 'but', there is still the question of a job...
Monday, 29 June 2009
29/vi/09
18th May 2009. That's when I finished everything to do with Uni. All my coursework had been handed in. The dreaded dissertation had been printed and bound. It was my last exam. Six weeks on and what's changed? To be honest, not a lot. I was applying for jobs when I was still at uni...nothing. In the past six weeks I have applied for numerous jobs....nothing. And yes that's right I will continue to apply for jobs. I am lucky if, out of the 20, 30, 40 jobs I apply for each week, I get one reply...and that's right you've guessed it '...unfortunately you're not what we are looking for...'. At least they've taken the time to read and reply to me. What about all the other ones? What happens to our CV's? Are they even read? Why are we not 'worthy' of a reply? Even if it's just a blanket email. It's better than nothing.
Three years ago when I was embarking on, what I thought would be, the beginning of the rest of my life, I did not envision this. And to make matters worse I signed on last week, which, and I'm not going to beat about the bush, was soul destroying. Where is the support? I have spent the past three years of my life trying to better myself so that I could give something back. O I know I'm not the only one out there, there are hundreds, thousands of us now claiming benefits. But the difference is that the majority of people that have had to sign on, don't want to. We would rather be out working. Claiming benefits is not something I'm proud of but, as I am seemingly unemployable it is something I have been forced to do through necessity.
So my question is...where is the support for the recently graduated? The people who have made themselves better, and have racked up thousands of pounds worth of debt so that they could give something back to the country they live in. All we want to do is make this country better, but instead we're left to sink or swim on our own with an economy that is pulling us all down.
Three years ago when I was embarking on, what I thought would be, the beginning of the rest of my life, I did not envision this. And to make matters worse I signed on last week, which, and I'm not going to beat about the bush, was soul destroying. Where is the support? I have spent the past three years of my life trying to better myself so that I could give something back. O I know I'm not the only one out there, there are hundreds, thousands of us now claiming benefits. But the difference is that the majority of people that have had to sign on, don't want to. We would rather be out working. Claiming benefits is not something I'm proud of but, as I am seemingly unemployable it is something I have been forced to do through necessity.
So my question is...where is the support for the recently graduated? The people who have made themselves better, and have racked up thousands of pounds worth of debt so that they could give something back to the country they live in. All we want to do is make this country better, but instead we're left to sink or swim on our own with an economy that is pulling us all down.
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