Did anyone see that programme "Dispatches: Middle class and Jobless" the other night? Okay it was quite grim, but it was a fairly accurate portrayal of what I went through around this time last year (Christ, was it only was only a year ago I was like this? I feel like I have been in this job since the Battle of Hastings).
Yeah, the old feelings of sending off a million CVs and not hearing from anyone. Thats not confined just to psychology people, its pretty much any graduate job in a recession. Which it still clearly is. Its those scenes of packing up belongings in student flats and having to move home that really hit home for me. Pour moi, nothing said failure like turning up to your mum and dads house with a cardboard box and a suitcase and saying "I hope you kept my old room ready".
Crap for everyone, but at least I didn't have a Channel 4 documentary crew following me around. I obviously paid more attention to the recent graduate stories, because the executive types the show followed made very little impression on me other than saying in order to be an executive manager you have to being overweight, unshaven and male. I felt the new grads were slightly mocked because the build up was about them getting graduate level manager/marketing jobs, but really they ended up either working door to door or for Domino's Pizza. It was a bit like watching a less funny version of The Office.
I am gassing on about this here, because I really could not talk about this at work because tommorow is Priya's last day of working her notice, and even I am not that insensitive. However, she seems quite happy about things, she has come to terms she is going and has been talking non-stop about starting her MSc. I will miss her tonnes and tonnes, especially her sarky comments and cutting wit. We are having a leaving party for her on Friday, and we are sloping off early around lunchtime. Probably not the best thing to be doing considering recent job issues, but you have to make exceptions for this kind of thing.
Besides scary boss lady is on leave, placing yours truly in charge, and if her royal highness declares it half day, so it shall be.
The Cabin In The Woods
3 weeks ago
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But Priya isn't in the same boat as these graduates (I haven't seen the show but I'll catch it on 4oD) as you said she's going to do a MSc? That's good! I think people are taking whatever job they can and I bet there'll be a lot fewer people applying for postgrads this year and next. Apart from me, haha.
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