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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
I don't know, depends if the person is being fussy. I knew a guy who got a 1st in something Music related from Oxford... he was then unemployed for something like 7 years (living off mum & dad, not the state) even though he had not only had employment opportunities - but plenty of GRADUATE employment opportunities - but turned them all down because they weren't "music related".
The flipside of the "idle benefits folk" is that there are plenty of silver spoon / trust fund kiddies who get good degrees but when it comes down to it, don't actually want to work, and already have money. You just don't hear as much about those because they are funded by their families rather than by the state.
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Not having a related job after 7 years would suggest to me he picked the wrong degree or just wasn't good enough in his area. And like you say, a good degree opens up opportunities in lots of areas, I've had a couple of great jobs that haven't been law-related. I suppose as a taxpayer I don't care so much about idle people who fund themselves because I'm not ultimately paying for them through taxation. And the idle rich are pretty unemployable anyway in my experience.