Workin 9 to 5

I read this thread and it struck a chord.

http://www.clinpsy.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5827

Although not having quite as many applicants as that, we still get our fair share of job applications we have to wade through, and I am reliably informed they hit a peak around now. Most of the entry level jobs we offer are not just appealing for psychology graduates, but we get lots of sociology, politics and English lit graduates as well. So we get a range of people applying. Jane (English), Priya (Biology + Masters Biomedical Science) and I have all been through the same rigmorole and now we have seen things both sides of the fence.

It hits me that so many of my posts and other peoples blogs/forums (see the toolbar on the right and the followers below) are about the whole job application cycle that its almost like we can't stop talking about it. Even those of us who are through it complain about it. Its like the elderly who go on about the war, we complain about the nightmare interview or the 50 applications we sent only to end up working at Safeway. In my opinion it's something that everyone goes through, so it appeals to many, and we can all empathise. Its in the news too, with the recession figures and job cuts and all that stuff so its pretty much on most younger people's mind.

Its also the last of the topics that I can say "honestly, you just don't understand" about to my parents. For them getting an education was a passport to a glamourous career. Even if you didn't there was plenty of other work around. Or you could just get married and do something small part time. So when Mum or Dad reads the Telegraph or Mail and says that these youngsters are just lazy and all want to be pop stars or footballers. Unlike the teenage crushes on stupid boys, and stupider ideas about what I should do with my hair, my parents honestly really don't understand what its like right now.

Actually does anyone read this that isnt interested in jobs and careers in some way? I reckon not.