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.
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