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What are best websites / ways to search for jobs? I graduated and need to find a job and have no idea where the best place is to look. Like i tried recruitment agencies but they either want to make you drive an hour to work or put you into ****** jobs.

I'm on jsa at moment and HATE it!

Help?
 
What degree did you get in what from where? What sort of job do you want?

I did biology at bathspa.

Bit of a numpty choice but like most I just got pushed into uni and just did that i thought i was good at not what was most applicable to the world. I graduated year or so bad I applied for medicine nearly got in shoulda have just done my resits but i've had a change of heart tbh.

(may try again next year)

Thought I should look at other options before trying for med again. Hard part is I have no idea what I want to do.... its worst feeling in world. Least medicine I had a direction! PFFFFtttt
 
Every thing's a numpty choice at the moment, engineers are one the most unemployable graduates according to stats, but you will hear no one blaming them. Unless you can get into O&G.
 
What are best websites / ways to search for jobs? I graduated and need to find a job and have no idea where the best place is to look. Like i tried recruitment agencies but they either want to make you drive an hour to work or put you into ****** jobs.

I'm on jsa at moment and HATE it!

Help?

Trolling, yes?
 
Every thing's a numpty choice at the moment, engineers are one the most unemployable graduates according to stats, but you will hear no one blaming them. Unless you can get into O&G.

Really? I just went to a ucl summer camp and EE had the highest average starting salary and at Southampton the employment rate for graduates is 97% after 6 months.
I can imagine most of these "engineers" are from low end universities, the graduates from the top universities don't seem to be experiencing this problem.
 
To be honest, if you can't find a job, I would recommend you do even the cheapest of job than be on JSA. There must be a factory, an industrial area or something where there's likely to be more eastern europeans going there to work than anywhere - you're more than likely to get a job if you go through their resource agency.

Yes working just above minimum pay might not be idea but it gives you more of a direction, experience and opportunity than being on JSA. Plus, if you can get full time, the pay after tax is still miles better than ~£50 a week.

Working in places like that allows you to gain experience which OTHER employers will rather see than a lack of. And if you're a quick learner, coupled with good leadership shkills, I can see you rise quickly and THEN the use of being in a science degree can be useful to the current / other employers - This guy can analyse, passed a science degree, he's able to work and he's achieved something.

*That* will appeal more than where you stand.

I'm not dismissing the fact that you should use the websites as mentioned above, but do that whilst you're working and earning financially and experienced.

Good luck!
 
I found all the job sites to be crap. I got a job by going to companies directly via their website, cut out the middle man. If I had to choose, then I'd say monster was about the best one.
 
Every thing's a numpty choice at the moment, engineers are one the most unemployable graduates according to stats, but you will hear no one blaming them. Unless you can get into O&G.

Interesting, isn't it? Given that the Engineering industry is crying out for engineers, with the average age of an engineer becoming higher and the projected lack of graduates to make up the numbers. Engineers should be the most employable graduates given the current job market!

Really? I just went to a ucl summer camp and EE had the highest average starting salary and at Southampton the employment rate for graduates is 97% after 6 months.
I can imagine most of these "engineers" are from low end universities, the graduates from the top universities don't seem to be experiencing this problem.

I suspect this is half the case; Sheffield (from where I graduated) must have had a high employment rate for the Chem Eng course as I only know one of my friends who didn't get a decent job in the same year of graduation, and the course here in Cam had a 100% employment rate. I imagine where the shortfall of engineers is is that probably around 40%-ish go into engineering - finance / auditing is pretty enticing salary-wise for graduate engineers!
 
Really? I just went to a ucl summer camp and EE had the highest average starting salary and at Southampton the employment rate for graduates is 97% after 6 months.
I can imagine most of these "engineers" are from low end universities, the graduates from the top universities don't seem to be experiencing this problem.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10477551

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14823042

Plus I know engineers from low end universities, who could probably destroy some high end university graduates. Its the individual that counts, so don't uni snobby.
 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10477551

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14823042

Plus I know engineers from low end universities, who could probably destroy some high end university graduates. Its the individual that counts, so don't uni snobby.

hahaha medicine 0%

Still very tempted to try and do medicine again next year, sure i'd get my exam grade 2nd time round. But have to be willing to commit a good chunk of my time to unsociable working hours. Oh yes and more debt / study. :)
 
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