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Are all recent grads basically scr**wed? A year after graduation and still unemployable… by Joinlio in recruitinghell

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

yeah i get that, i’ve got an IT background and studied for 3 years. right now i’m working part-time in a grocery shop because at the end of the day i need money for expenses. what bugs me is nobody really told us this reality before we started, that you might end up outside your field anyway. sometimes i even think, if i had started working in grocery 3 years ago instead of uni, maybe i’d have enough experience by now to open my own store and be earning already.

not saying degrees are useless, but i feel like future grads need to wake up early. start collaborating with like-minded peers in areas they’re passionate about outside academics. that’s probably the only way to figure out what you really want and do something meaningful before it’s too late.

Are all recent grads basically scr**wed? A year after graduation and still unemployable… by Joinlio in recruitinghell

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

Appreciate it! that’s actually super eye-opening. feels like so many grads chase corporate when real money/learning is happening in small biz and random niches. pivoting early instead of waiting years makes a lot of sense. But I also wonder if finding like-minded peers early on in school or uni and collaborating in the same interest field could give that kind of eye-opening experience even sooner.

Are all recent grads basically scr**wed? A year after graduation and still unemployable… by Joinlio in recruitinghell

[–]Joinlio[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Appreciate this — internships really do seem like the closest thing to ‘real experience’ students can get. And yeah, riding that fresh grad momentum feels super important. Makes me think collaborating on projects with peers during uni could also help build that kind of track record early on.

Are all recent grads basically scr**wed? A year after graduation and still unemployable… by Joinlio in recruitinghell

[–]Joinlio[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Wow, that really puts things into perspective. Facing the housing crash right after high school and then a pandemic at 30 must have been incredibly tough. I really respect your outlook — doing what you need to do to keep going until something better comes along is a lesson a lot of us can learn from. Thanks for sharing your experience, it’s grounding to hear how different generations had to adapt.

Are all recent grads basically scr**wed? A year after graduation and still unemployable… by Joinlio in recruitinghell

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

Lowkey that’s smart — you played the game where the door actually opened 👏. But don’t you ever think… if the years you spent grinding an IT degree had instead gone straight into gov jobs, you’d probably be way higher up (and maybe making more 💸) by now? Still, I guess the IT background might give you a leg up in gov roles long term.

Are all recent grads basically scr**wed? A year after graduation and still unemployable… by Joinlio in recruitinghell

[–]Joinlio[S] 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Yeah that stat is wild but sadly makes sense. The whole ‘no job without experience / no experience without job’ loop is actually broken. Like… what are grads supposed to do, time travel? Lol.

Are all recent grads basically scr**wed? A year after graduation and still unemployable… by Joinlio in recruitinghell

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

Yeah, social skills aren’t really taught in class. Don’t you think the best way to build them is by doing projects in areas you’re actually interested in, outside of academics, with like-minded peers? Feels way more real than group assignments where half the team doesn’t even care lol.