My blogging had gone astray for a while, let’s call it writers block for good measure. I now however intent to be back and blogging my journey to from graduate to full time employee in the career I would like; marketing, advertising, pr and the creative communication industry surrounding them.
To sum up my current situation I feel as though my full time job is writing applications and cover letters, to endless companies and recruitment agencies. And that I live in a world of no, looking for just one yes.
My last ever university exam was on the 22nd of May and although I enjoyed a couple of weeks free time to myself just after. I do now feel after what feels like hundreds of applications, job descriptions and day time tv that my brain is melting and not to mention my spirit. I’m not entirely sure which is worse the emails of regret or the no correspondence what so ever. Anyway I shall battle on writing why I believe I would suit each job role, and not just put ‘because I would like the job’, even though thats is what I end up thinking half the time.
I want to work, and that is an understatement. My current part time job is killing me, I do not wish to become a professional waitress, and I certainly didn’t go to university to become one either. I want a job, a career. In fact the job and the career I want in marketing. I understand the amount of graduates to job ratio is rather rubbish but I’m already fed up of not being given a chance. A chance to show how much I want the job and the career, how fast I learn and how willing and dedicated I am. This too I suppose goes for most graduates.
Everyone says university is hard, but personally I think the graduate step is. The part after university is more difficult and stressful. At least with university you know the end goal and where and what you’re doing. You were given stability and an element of certainty. But with graduation and job applications you have no idea whether you will get the job or even a reply. You have no support from lectures telling you what they expect and how well you may or may not be doing. And like I said before getting no correspondence is even worse.
This is the hardest part of university; finishing.
Ruth Hinman 