Graduate Jobs

I'll be honest from the start. I am absolutely terrified about having to find a job in September in the current financial climate.

We are now reading stories saying that graduates are finding this the worst time to leave uni and find a job, because there aren't any. So, we leave school and are told to get into £20,000 worth of debt, because it will definitely help us get a job. Well thanks Mr Blair, Mr Brown and Mr Bank. Students are now screwed. Even if I'm lucky, I might find a job in a shop for which I'm over qualified.

My plan over the next year is as follows:

• Leave uni in June, hopefully with a good pass
• Return to Ireland for the summer and work (job hunting as we speak!)
• Move back to Chester having found a cheap flat and managed to pay a deposit
• Begin a job and work like a dog just to pay the bills

It's really REALLY scary. I am hopeful that I will get a good degree, and I am in contact with people to find a job in September, but so far, not good. How am I supposed to pay rent, bills, food and live with no job? I will be living with my boyfriend who will still be a student, so there will be little second oncome.

This is the first time in my life I have been genuinely anxious about getting into the big wide world, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

And just so I can show off one of my photos, I'm going to end with the phrase, "time is running out"!

A Few Things

Change of format today. I have a few things on my mind, so I'm going to bullet point them!

• I sent a reasonable email to a tutor the other day, asking why we had to submit in a certain way. I wanted an explanation. What did I get back? Basically it said "do as you're told". I'm nearly 21 years old, not 12.

• I emailed X-Box services the other day, and complained about the mute button thingy on the headset. It says "Mute on/off", when really it should say "Microphone on/off". Work it out! So keep your eye out...any changes may be made by moi!

• Been watching Mark Beaumont in his mission to cycle the world in less than 195 days. He made a documentary about it for the BBC called "The Man Who Cycled the World". What a truly inspirational man. He deserves more recognition than he has received.

• I filled in a health and safety form yesterday so that I could borrow recording equipment from the Uni. I never saw such nonsence in my life! I explained that there wasn't really a box I could tick seeing as I was only taking it home, and I have no wind manchine, falling tree or axe murderer in my house. He told me to tick something anyway. I put "electrical hazards". Maybe I'll try and put it in the microwave...

Now excuse me, my Tesco delivery has arrived!