I can’t believe how quickly the time has gone from starting
this blog with 6 months left, to now, with only just over 2 weeks to go! The
dreaded Professional Investigation is almost done, 7000 words about Museum PR
and then it’s just two assessed performance and I’m done! I’ll be totally honest and say that the
prospect of life after Uni is terrifying; this has come as a surprise for me as
after placement I expected finding a job to be an easy ride. How wrong I
was.
At the moment it does honestly feel like after June there’s
just a big black hole resembling the rest of my life, I know this is slightly
melodramatic. Considering your options
can present real challenges, I’ve been applying for jobs, which are exactly
what I did on my placement and subsequent employment at the Horniman Museum for 15 months and getting rejections stating ‘not
enough relevant experience’. What more do they want? After stating every single
job specification in the application, and providing examples of how I have done
exactly that job before, how can I be told I don’t have relevant experience, or
that other applicants more closely matched the criteria for the role?
Perhaps my hearts just not in the applications after
receiving so many rejections.
Or maybe the idiots at the University careers fair were right;
with a music degree we can “just stand in the corner and play to the employees”,
although if a company wants to pay me a decent wage to do this I’d be happy. Maybe I’ll follow those comments up and write
to them.
For any graduate finding employment is a challenge, and we
are even being told that nowadays to get your dream job you need to go through
2 or 3 more internships, not great if your also trying to save to move out of
home and start your own life.
I’m going to keep my options open and start applying for
jobs I really have my heart set on, whether in the sector I did my placement or in other areas I'm passionate about, and see where that takes me. Wish me luck!
