When Some of you leave University you will have a Episodic Career
 

So do not pick one career
So Pick 5 careers


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https://www.theguardian.com/business...curity-economy

Thats more than a back up
its is a better outlook.


This was on the SkyAtlanticHD/HBO
John Oliver "Last Week Tonight" show last week


Also in the newspaper today
Students going for jobs are no good
at communication
so they have a Degree but lack
work experience


Sign Of The Times

Probably. I'd never suggest to anyone that they don't get more education, but I'd say think very carefully about what kind of degree they take. Degrees with a definite career path are great (primary ed, nursing, medicine, pharmacy, engineering, etc), but if it's a "school subject" I'd wonder what they intended to do after, if not teaching.

To be fair, the vast majority of non-mimimum-wage jobs that aren't trades require "a University education" (any degree) as a prerequisite to even applying these days. So arts faculty degrees aren't pointless; they're just unlikely to lead to a career in that specific area.

As always with these threads however, I *strongly* recommend that school-leavers don't go straight into higher education unless they have a specific career planned. Or are well off. Simply because you're unlikely to get funding more than once and its easy to "waste it", then hit 30, realise there's a career you want to pursue, but you have no funding available. Not a problem if you have a rich family and can just pay for it upfront, but for most people it's worth considering.

I agree with basically all of this. I'm so glad I didn't start university when I was 18, as I'd have probably pissed away the government funding on a media degree or something. Not that that'd be a waste for everyone - I animate as a hobby and sometimes for commissions, but I don't want to do it full time, and a degree wouldn't have helped me personally.