Right this is me.
24. Male. Graduated with a 2:2 in Psychology from Sunderland University... :/ I have terrible A-Levels with a D,D,D in Psychology, Sociology & English Literature.
Have worked in call centres. Been an Administrative Assistant. Have helped my father run his takeaway business. Currently with my best job in Quality Control for a car company which pays between 18-24K depending on shifts & more if I do the overtime. I'm sure if I held out here I could 'climb the ladder' as it were but I don't particularly want to as the place is full of ****holes quite frankly and it's a factory environment so very depressing (and no women at all lol). Looking at everyone here I don't feel I belong, some of them can't even talk clearly and their attitudes are very different from mine. I do everything a lot quicker and better than these guys and it's killing me thinking I could be here all my life lol.
I feel like I’ve basically wasted my life. When I finished school I had no idea what to do in life and was given the worst advice ever 'Do what you find interesting' so at the time I was doing Psychology and out of all my courses that interested me the most. But well I’m 17/18 nothing much interested me apart from football, girls & cars lol. I just assumed naively that getting any degree would mean a guaranteed job at the end of it but no one gave me any good advice like do 'engineering' or something along those lines. Me doing A-Levels and my Psychology course was basically 5 years of me ****ing about I didn't try at all and I literally revised on the day of the exams and managed to just pass with a ok yet not the required 2:1.
I'm now 24 highly motivated, I work out a lot and in fairly good shape, I never stop I never just sit at home and waste my time I always want to be doing something constructive, I’ve basically matured and it's true what they say 'youth is wasted on the young'.
Everything pretty much interests me to an extent. But my main interests are sports, gadgets & people.
I'm really good at analysing myself and I know my strengths and weaknesses. I don't think there’s any point pretending I’m someone that I’m not to try and carve out a career that will probably not keep me happy so I’m just going to state what I’m like.
I'm quick and sharp. I like being busy and given responsibility. I like thing's done right I don't like people getting lazy and taking shortcuts. I can follow orders fine but if I’m asked to do anything by someone who’s unappreciative and aggressive I don't react well to it (lol). I like working with relaxed, smart people and I guess I like being the leader. I know who I am and a lot of people will say I need to change but there’s not point pretending I’m something that I’m not. I like working by myself and find I can work for hours without even a break to complete a task I get into. I like working with people to we are after all social animals.
I basically have no idea what to do with my life. I feel I maybe need to do some sort of masters to glaze over my rubbish degree. I now know I have the motivation and work ethic to get the grades I’m capable of if I was to do a masters. I'm really ambitious and I think I’m the type of person who will never be happy with what they have I’ll always want more. So where do I go from here? I'm going to arrange a meeting with a careers adviser but in the past they normally give me some hideous advice trying to get me to work a basic/simple job. I feel my personality best suits management of some sort, I like to be busy and I was looking at maybe becoming a recruitment consultant? These are just ideas I really don't know where to go from here. I would love to get into some sort of engineering where I know there’s guaranteed work in a good sector however I feel the decisions I have taken so far in my life up to this point would make it difficult to form such a career without a lot of further studying rather than a one year masters.
Any advice welcome at all with any questions. Criticize me all you want please I’m sick to death of wasting time I want to start living my life and being a lot more constructive.
24. Male. Graduated with a 2:2 in Psychology from Sunderland University... :/ I have terrible A-Levels with a D,D,D in Psychology, Sociology & English Literature.
Have worked in call centres. Been an Administrative Assistant. Have helped my father run his takeaway business. Currently with my best job in Quality Control for a car company which pays between 18-24K depending on shifts & more if I do the overtime. I'm sure if I held out here I could 'climb the ladder' as it were but I don't particularly want to as the place is full of ****holes quite frankly and it's a factory environment so very depressing (and no women at all lol). Looking at everyone here I don't feel I belong, some of them can't even talk clearly and their attitudes are very different from mine. I do everything a lot quicker and better than these guys and it's killing me thinking I could be here all my life lol.
I feel like I’ve basically wasted my life. When I finished school I had no idea what to do in life and was given the worst advice ever 'Do what you find interesting' so at the time I was doing Psychology and out of all my courses that interested me the most. But well I’m 17/18 nothing much interested me apart from football, girls & cars lol. I just assumed naively that getting any degree would mean a guaranteed job at the end of it but no one gave me any good advice like do 'engineering' or something along those lines. Me doing A-Levels and my Psychology course was basically 5 years of me ****ing about I didn't try at all and I literally revised on the day of the exams and managed to just pass with a ok yet not the required 2:1.
I'm now 24 highly motivated, I work out a lot and in fairly good shape, I never stop I never just sit at home and waste my time I always want to be doing something constructive, I’ve basically matured and it's true what they say 'youth is wasted on the young'.
Everything pretty much interests me to an extent. But my main interests are sports, gadgets & people.
I'm really good at analysing myself and I know my strengths and weaknesses. I don't think there’s any point pretending I’m someone that I’m not to try and carve out a career that will probably not keep me happy so I’m just going to state what I’m like.
I'm quick and sharp. I like being busy and given responsibility. I like thing's done right I don't like people getting lazy and taking shortcuts. I can follow orders fine but if I’m asked to do anything by someone who’s unappreciative and aggressive I don't react well to it (lol). I like working with relaxed, smart people and I guess I like being the leader. I know who I am and a lot of people will say I need to change but there’s not point pretending I’m something that I’m not. I like working by myself and find I can work for hours without even a break to complete a task I get into. I like working with people to we are after all social animals.
I basically have no idea what to do with my life. I feel I maybe need to do some sort of masters to glaze over my rubbish degree. I now know I have the motivation and work ethic to get the grades I’m capable of if I was to do a masters. I'm really ambitious and I think I’m the type of person who will never be happy with what they have I’ll always want more. So where do I go from here? I'm going to arrange a meeting with a careers adviser but in the past they normally give me some hideous advice trying to get me to work a basic/simple job. I feel my personality best suits management of some sort, I like to be busy and I was looking at maybe becoming a recruitment consultant? These are just ideas I really don't know where to go from here. I would love to get into some sort of engineering where I know there’s guaranteed work in a good sector however I feel the decisions I have taken so far in my life up to this point would make it difficult to form such a career without a lot of further studying rather than a one year masters.
Any advice welcome at all with any questions. Criticize me all you want please I’m sick to death of wasting time I want to start living my life and being a lot more constructive.
. beforehand i was in a similar postion to yourself, although i hadn't finished uni. Plenty of graduates in other ranks as well as officer as well. Pays not the best but job satisfaction > pay for me, and i don't really have any commitments so the money is pretty much beer tokens.