Il laureato descrive di essere stato “fantasma” da 400 datori di lavoro, avendo solo 3 colloqui
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di tylerthe-theatre
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Maybe don’t get a masters in something that sounds fake like governance
Edit: I googled and read about governance, sounds like a pure administative role – almost a middle man for a company and lawyer. Maybe being a lawyer would be more useful for her
Graduate unemployment was really high when I graduated in the mid 90s. I too sent off hundreds of applications for jobs and got nowhere too.
I realised it’s about quality not quantity when applying for jobs. And focused on highlighting the relevant experience on my cv, rather than spamming employers with a generic application. Being ghosted is demoralising.
While it feels a let down, actually starting in a non-grad office job is a good stepping stone as it gives you experience.
My message to graduates now would be – I know it’s tough but find something that pays the bills in the short term. It’s only a blip and you’ll be fine in the long term.
The problem with applying with jobs under your skill level is nobody believes you’ll stay so won’t invest in training and take somebody on.
There is zero reason to expect anything other than a ghosting or automated generic email at applicant stage. Definitely get over that entitlement.
It’s a little rough not to get feedback from an interview but I can tell you that a lot of recruiters insist you can only communicate with the candidate through them, and don’t always bother to forward it.
should have done an apprenticeship. My first job was an apprentice, mid career i was still an apprentice (but earning LOTS). I was paid £2.30 an hour on a 40 hr week on my first year. On my second year it was £4.62. I left straight out of school.
Today there are degree level apprenticeships available. They are not easy and you wont be able to go out partying and all the jazz students do on their off-time.
1. You work your hours
2. You work weekends on assignment work
3. You work over summer on dissertation
At the end of the process, generally employers have no incentive not to hire you, having trained you up for many years. You become an expert in your field, with countless hours of experience under your belt. Oh and….. guess what?! IF they dont want you – well hours and experience is in your belt!
Oh and…… yeah DEBT FREE!
Of course, go ahead do a degree if you 1000% know there is a job opportunity at the end of it. But would you want to risk it now after all that debt?
Everyone in these comments are missing the point. It shouldn’t be such a hassle just to get a bloody job in this country. You can all argue over whether her CV is good enough or not, it’s the fact that having a degree is clearly useless now, and that should actually concern you
It’s bad for everyone. Even experienced folk are getting ghosted left right and centre.
If she changes her name to smith she will get 89% of interviews
Good luck
So this very easily could have become me , it took me a year to get my grad job. My advice for those people going into university who don’t have directly employable degrees eg medicine law . Would be to use your university’s resources to get internships or a year of placement somewhere . I don’t care about what but for me it made all the difference when applying to jobs . I did a humanities subject but that office experience managed to get me a foot into the life sciences . My career prospects flipped because I took the extra effort to get experience in random different offices while at uni .
This also happened 20 years ago. I once had an 80% chance of winning a contract or getting a job. Then around 2005/6 I put in over 250 applications, and only had one telephone interview. I’d worked for some of the biggest tech corps and some of the most advanced software projects on the planet but nobody was interested. Wasn’t until 2010 that I actually got an offer.
Don’t put your degree on the CV, until it’s a job that matters
It was 600 for me and 1 interview and that was 14 years ago! Masters and undergrad in Science sector.
Is it even worth putting a 2:2 on the CV when you’ll just be filtered regardless of the degree
She should have just made her name sound more English. Katherine. She would have gotten more phone calls and replies. Recruiters are massively impacted by biases.
Turns out that if you tax work, jobs disappear. Who’d have thunk it