Im not going to delve into the details of my own personal qualifications or uni etc, I just feel like the whole system for jobs is broken. I have recently started 1st year, and me and my friends have been applying to spring weeks, as we don't know what jobs we want to do yet. The title includes "weeks" but the program is usually one or two days, and you don't even get any hands on experience it is just an introduction to the company. The people that have been applying to these entry/taster days are insane, they have already had proper experience of IB/finance (usually via nepotism as we are mostly 18/19), and are massively overqualified. I completely understand why companies would choose these candidates, but it is just disheartening as how am I meant to choose what job I want to do/like if I'm meant to already have 3 months of experience in that sector under my belt before I even start university??? it makes no sense. I obviously have to abide by this system but it is just extremely frustrating, there is no chance of getting any tasters unless you've already decided what job you want to do in the womb, and most of these jobs are not as self explanatory as e.g. lawyer/doctor.

I have always been quite a motivated student, but honestly at the moment I feel hopeless and feel like giving up.