how the hell are you supposed to survive?

seriously. After finishing uni, what is there to do? all i can find are telemarketing jobs...fucking shite. I just don't see myself being able to get a job and afford renting a place. I'm feeling really down at the moment. this city is bloody expensive, I spend so much money commuting, and just covering my essential needs. I want to become independent and be able to afford having a quiet life. how do you people do it?

 

I know what you mean. If your whole life thus far has been focussed on getting your degree, what do you do after? Well, you could always do an MA, or a PhD, and you know what they cay. Those who can't, teach! And those who can't teach, teach teachers....

 

Most jobs where you work for other people in a commercial setting will pay you less than your earning the person who employs you .

I think your in london and I dont know that much about living there, myself Id try somewhere smaller maybe as you can do a job like telemarketing anywhere and prices for houses and flats are cheaper outside london .

My sisters old university of lampeter or somewhere that has a small uni in the middle of nowhere would be a good place to work as you get low house prices and the possibility of employment .

what sort of money do these telemarketing jobs pay and what are your outgoings in the big city, have you looked at smaller citys like bristol say

 

Welcome to the human race, and the answer to the question is to drop out.

 

I spent 12 years in the same job/career only to fall ill and end up with f*ck all.

now i live in a council property and spend my nights skip diving and my days growing my own organic veg.

I have no money but im more happier than ive ever been.


Drop out and live an alternitive life works well for me

 

we have the people in lammas who are setting up a eco village, I know of a couple of eco villages in spain that are recruiting , my sister when she was in university lived in a gypsy site paid £5 a week rent and lived in a static caravan .
I know people who are living out on the road , my sister used to have a guy living on her drive in a caravan .

 

I paradoxcamper welcome to the forum

and the lammas people got back to me and sometime this year will be going up to help them build

 

hello and thanks for the welcome

 

I think this story is the same for a lot of us grads. I'm in my second year at Portsmouth and I'll be screwed once I graduate and get back to Bristol. I did a quick search and found a grand total of four jobs in my industry (Systems administrator etc) from three different job sites. I could only apply for two of them!

I would love to live an alternative lifestyle. I'm a vegan, so I wanna keep my own chickens for their eggs lol

Try trucking.

 

Degrees, diplomas, MBAs and MBES, people all crave a title for themselves, whether it be Doctor this or professor that or Clinical analyst. Once you have a title and your academic stuff is over. Figure what courses you did and what they lead onto in terms of jobs. Once you have established that then you can aim high and aim higher until you are a very wealthy Englishmouse.

Qualifications are not everything. Infact Carol Vorderman is an egghead what with all her degrees and diplomas and lots and lots of visits to Cambridge. But for the last ten years, she has been confined to Countdown. I doubt channel four pay a wage that suits her qualifications.

But sometimes anyone can get a job and climb up the job ladder to the plains of Godly wealth.

 

LOL Hence why Ms Vorderman has to do those crappy adverts

The current CEO [of IBM], Sam Palmisano, for example, joined the company as a salesman and, unusually for CEOs of major corporations, has no MBA or postgraduate qualification. - Wiki/Ibm

Their gay rights are apparently very good too. Good to know some businesses at least try to be nice!

 

You all sound like a right sad bunch of students. You really all should get your hair cut and join the army you layabouts !!! all you moaning minnies should not be a burden to the state, with your degree you could easily get a job with the forces. Stop pushing my tax bill up and do something useful.
Bloody hippies, think a job will drop out of the sky or what???

 

LMAO Very well put!

I've never cut my hair in my life; I'll have unprotected sex with a porn star before I cut my hair for the freakin' army! lol

 

Academic qualifications are not as important today unless you want to be a doctor or a psychologist for example. However a few employers still stick to the prinicipal that no qualifications = no skills. It is a bit like when I had an interview for a bar job. The guy didn't employ me for lack of qualifications or degrees. I have over a year experience in many bar establishments. I mean what is the point in having a degree in psychology when running a bar?

 

You should be glad you're not working for a total wazzock.

 

Er, I thought this website was for hippies, it's called hipforums after all.

Zeppelina, what was your degree in? Could you do something related to that?

Also, many big companies offer graduate training schemes and recruit at job fairs. They usually offer a decent starting salary, but obviously it depends what you want to do. Maybe you could try getting some career guidance from your uni to give you some ideas.

 

Hell,come to ameriky and flip little pieces of dead cow like most of us do,since all the jobs went to chiner.

 

man am stoned :spliff: ive gotta survive ive gotta survive you can look at me in anger but ive gotta survive :guitar:

 

Fuck education ... it got me nowhere. 4 years of collage and I work for Asda and still live with my dad

 

Heads up to the stoned guy lol I'm there now man...

I thought graduate jobs weren't always in the area you studied in; just like generic management?

I believe Ronald was being sarcastic or ironic. Ahh! And so were you! This is good stuff.