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Originally Posted by Livia

I'd say, if you're still unemployed five years after you graduate then you've probably wasted your time.

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.