I've just finished uni and now i have no idea what to do! What do you think?

Question

I'm also not sure where to live- I moved to London to do my degree, but i come from up north originally.

Answer 1

I think you're in a great position to go whereever the best job is. Search online (ie Yahoo jobs, guardian online, etc.) and find the job that really appeals to you, and then relocate to that area.

Go and see the careers service advisor at your university - they can really help narrow down what it is you want to do (if you don't know already), and guide you on how to get there.

Take the summer to relax, go abroad, have fun with your friends. Move home if you need the money.

Then start applying for stuff!

Only do a masters if that's what you want to do and it will help you get employment later on. Doing a further degree just because you don't have anything better to do is not a good idea (you just end up in more debt and still don't know what to do at the end of it!).

Work experience is also a good idea - approach companies/organisiations you are interested in working for or who work in the industry that you are keen to enter. See if they'll let you shadow someone for a week, unpaid, so you get an idea of what it's like to work in that environment, and also, if you're lucky, for you to get noticed by the bosses and hopefully offered something in the future.

Good luck with it all. The first year out of uni is the worst, but it gets better, trust me!

Answer 2

If you have already finished your degree there are many things you can do:

1. (if you just got your bachelors degree) then consider getting a master's degree

2. Perhaps look into getting a job where you can apply all the you have learned in college.

3. Perhaps you can volunteer

4. Maybe even travel

5. Do something you have been meaning to do for quite some time but haven't had the chance to due to school.

6. Learn a new language

7. Go visit family

8. Be happy with all the work you accomplished and put that degree in a frame and hang it on your wall.

9. Find ways to apply your degree to the real world, this does not necessarily mean get a job, but it does mean get up off that couch and go do something to making the world a better place.

10. Read a book....


So many things to do...u just need to figure out what you want to do and then, as the Nike commercials say "just do it"

Answer 3

Well whats you degree like? Or will you end up like most UK students who have used all those resources going to uni to drink and party for 4 years only to leave and get a job they could have started when they left school?

Seen it oh so often!

Answer 4

Do anything you want, but don't move yet. If a job comes up you want and it is anywhere else it will be easier to move there. Depends on what your degree is in really.

Answer 5

What was your degree? And if you really have no idea what to do with it the question must be why did you do it in the first place?

Answer 6

Travel!!! See the world, you're young, there is nothing holding you back ( like a job, a house, etc.) Now is the time! Enjoy! You can work the rest of your life.

Answer 7

Travel, perhaps, learn a language.. Take a little time to think about what you want to do next. Like, say, 10 years...

Answer 8

I think the best way is to register in employment agencies and also tell to your friends and teachers.also i don't think you have any problem for working in London because many foreigners are working there.

Answer 9

get back up north then traitor lol. id say go travel see the world for a yr then deciced while ya away
cheers

Answer 10

It depends on your degree and where you can find work really.