The question dreaded by almost all post university graduates, but one that seems inescapable. The summer family BBQs and meet ups with old friends leads to the same question, again and again. I was lucky after university in that I had a clear idea in my head of what I wanted to do. I knew I couldn’t wait to get started in PR, a career where I felt I could use my degree and be genuinely passionate in my work, but coming out of university where do you start. Keen to put off this shift into the real world, I went on holidays, travelled to visit friends, tried to learn a new language, failed to learn a new language, pretty much anything. Though I was desperate to get stuck into the world of work, I was also somewhat terrified.
The shift from university life into the real adult world is a tricky one. In a matter of weeks, you have to switch from celebrating your new degree with prosecco to trying to navigate the world of speculative letters and interviews. If you have known what you wanted to do your whole life, have done internships galore and have exactly the right connections, then well done, your dream job is waiting by the door. But for the majority, you’re thrown into the deep end, along with thousands of others. Your fellow students are suddenly competitors for jobs and you have to act quick before people start to question your impending future.
