Recent graduates, what are your plans for the future?

Just moved to London outskirts, so am planning to apply for an MA in Medieval Literature at a London university - tried the whole office job thing and hated every second. Working in a furniture shop atm :/
 
In the pipeline with Siemens and IBM, both looking good so far.

Might also go for NDS.

Grad scheme scheduled to start in September/October, 3 months of summer fun working for my old man and playing tennis.
 
delta555 said:
If anybody is interested, I am going to be working at Siemens IT Solutions & Services, their main customer is BBC Technology. Makes up for all the rejections I got throughout the year.
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I worked for them on my placement year in Vienna, well they were PSE for most of the year. Was fun, didn't get to work with BBC stuffs, but got to work with people from all over the place, Czechs, Hungarians and some Chinese at one time.
 
panthro said:
Whats the average graduate salary this year? I swear our new grads are getting paid too much :(
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Depending on the sector, it can be anywhere between £20,000 and £40,000.
The majority of them being around the £25,000 figure.

Edit: Complete guess but, do you work for BT?
 
Goatyman said:
Depending on the sector, it can be anywhere between £20,000 and £40,000.
The majority of them being around the £25,000 figure.

Edit: Complete guess but, do you work for BT?
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Its gone up a lot in 4 years if its 25k!
Nope, dont work for BT, but a friend of mine does, she started as a grad probably 3 years ago and is on about 30 something thousand a year now I expect.
 
grad schemes in general offer anything from £18k to £28k but then there is stuff at £13k and stuff at £40k, depends where you are, what you have (experience and qualifications) and what you want to go into.
 
Its not uncommon for grads to get around £18000 starting, looking at what my dad seems to agree for them. I'd say £25k starting was damn good straight out of uni in a salaried job.
 
to be honest I think it will be pretty rare for a lot of graduates to get anywhere near £25k within a few months of graduating.

a lot go onto 12-15k jobs, as they cannot find relevant work etc.
 
battle said:
What course/uni?
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BSc Forensic and Crime Scene Science / Bournemouth Uni

The course isnt bad, nor the uni (think it just achieved top UCAS rating for the course?).

It's a fairly well rounded course that should provide some opportunities.

Here's my modules.

Legal Studies
Chemistry
The Crime Scene and Forensic Science
Human Physiology and Anatomy
Molecular Biology
Study and Research Skills
Legal Studies 2
Laboratory and Analytical Skills
Forensic Biochemistry
Forensic Science in Practice
Biological Anthropology
Research Methods
Forensic Biomolecules
Forensic Archaeology
Personal Research Project aka. Dissertation
Major Incident Management and Recovery

One of the following options:
Forensic Anthropology
Forensic Toxicology

Problem is I'm going to finish my degree in June 2009 and will only have from July - December to work in England.

The area I live in just doesn't seem to have many science related jobs, and I dont think it would be cost effective for me to move anywhere if I'm only around for 6 months.
 
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Graduate on the 3rd of July, but have already secured my self a job in the field I was after. Not as high a wage as I was hoping for (wanted 20+ got 18), but the job should be good and a structured set up for training and promotion.
 
peetee said:
to be honest I think it will be pretty rare for a lot of graduates to get anywhere near £25k within a few months of graduating.

a lot go onto 12-15k jobs, as they cannot find relevant work etc.
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You are probably right, it is not the average wage. It is however the norm offering for the top firms.

Take a firm like Accenture for example - they offer £31,000 plus a split £10,000 sign on bonus (last time I checked). Most large firms will offer £25,000 upwards + benefits.
 
Just got a 2:1 in Economics from Manchester Uni and am due to start work as a Trainee Chartered Accountant late August for a small/medium sized firm where I live. Really looking forward to starting my next journey in life :)
 
Got a job sorted where I was on my placement year. Don't get my results until July 4th. Have a feeling I could have a resit in there though.... Won't like telling my employers that since I need to pass degree to get qualified as a chartered surveyor...
 
not sure yet, probably heading into accounting or consultancy, but i might take a year off first and do some travelling. I was considering a MSc in Finance but decided £24k fees weren't worth it, and honeslty i think i'm sick of studying for the moment and would rather wait an do an MBA in about 8 years.

As for graduate salaries in general, they will always be skewed by the IBs. Every friend I have that has an offer from an IB in things like IBD, S&T etc are starting on 40k+, even things like ops is 30k+. Outside of london I'd guess grad stalaries are much closer to 20k
 
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