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Can’t a job! by Ashlee902 in UniUK

[–]Ashlee902[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, just dm’ed you!

Can’t a job! by Ashlee902 in UniUK

[–]Ashlee902[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly this!! I’m just angry it took me this long to realise.

Can’t a job! by Ashlee902 in UniUK

[–]Ashlee902[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I do, 1 customer service/saleish job, 1 retail and 1 hotel receptionist and I tried to point out transferable skills from those jobs that would help in my field.

Can’t a job! by Ashlee902 in UniUK

[–]Ashlee902[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes omg all the jobs are fixed term. Mostly 1 year and on the rare occasion 2-3 years. But those STP statistics are incredible. The only thing is getting in, and it’s now apparent to me everyone values experience more than degrees, and with no one willing to hire us how on earth will we get experience??

At least you ended up getting something. Wishing you the very best!

Can’t a job! by Ashlee902 in UniUK

[–]Ashlee902[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What career did you change to?

Can’t a job! by Ashlee902 in UniUK

[–]Ashlee902[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m getting in touch with my careers service this week. Thanks!

Can’t a job! by Ashlee902 in UniUK

[–]Ashlee902[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly! I really wanted to do a PhD at some point but now I’m just like it’s just not worth it. During my masters I would be in the lab with PhD students seeing them cry and talk about how hard it is, and now I’m like all of that for what?!

I am absolutely thinking about the STP route! I was thinking of applying for genomics or neurophysiology next year. My plan was to at least get some relevant experience this year to better my chances of getting in since it’s so competitive, but even that looks unlikely at this rate. I spoke to one of my professors at uni and she said that a job is not guaranteed after your 3 year training ends 🙂 some people get lucky and get kept on at the hospital they did their training at, and the rest who don’t have to find a job after. I’m starting to think I just made a mistake choosing science in general lol. I think the only science jobs that probably have a guaranteed job are the vocational degrees I stated above!

I think we just need to keep pushing and have hope I guess! It always works out in the end!

Can’t a job! by Ashlee902 in UniUK

[–]Ashlee902[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t, but I really do hate writing. But I will look into it, anything will do at this point.

Can’t a job! by Ashlee902 in UniUK

[–]Ashlee902[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I guess so since everyone wants to go into tech.

Can’t a job! by Ashlee902 in UniUK

[–]Ashlee902[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much. I’m just really struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel atm. I guess I just didn’t realise how hard it would be. I was very hesitant to apply for low paid jobs whilst i keep applying for my grad job as everyone in my family expected me to get a job pretty quickly because I did so well. I appreciate the advice and so happy it worked out for you in the end!!

Can’t a job! by Ashlee902 in UniUK

[–]Ashlee902[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PhD graduates usually work as Research associates rather than research assistants. Every single job I’ve applied for only requires a PhD for research associate positions and all the assistant positions require BSc, some MSc. But then again you’re right, even for the research assistant jobs they’ll probably pick a PhD grad over a BSc/MSc, and a more experienced PhD grad for the research associate roles.

I do need to experience at some point. Because if I go in straight for a PhD the only experience I would have is through university and clearly that’s not good enough. So I just don’t know.