[Morghana]

I'm finishing my third year in college (in a week) and after that, I need literally only 1 class to complete my degree. So basically, I will have graduated by December of this year. Part of me is leaping for joy and extremely excited about being done, but the other part of me is paralyzed with fear. I'm 20 and I've never had a job before. I'm a good student, but I'm worried my skills won't translate to the working world. I'm very shy and to be honest, not all that good at dealing with others. School has worked out because I can be alone a lot and work at my own pace and schedule. I know work isn't like that. Mostly, though, I'm worried I won't be able to get a job at all, with the state of the economy and me having no special qualifications other than a degree that isn't in something that isn't that practical anyway. I don't know. I thought that by the time I finished college I'd have all this stuff figured out. But it's coming too fast and I have no idea what the heck I'm going to do...

[Mindinpieces]

Hi, not sure but if you live in UK most companies have an graduation scheme of some sort of there are plenty of companies that may consider you even though you may think your course doesn’t really apply. That wouldn’t be the case as long as you had good grade and can put the work in, which by the way sounds what you are like as a person. Don’t be hard on yourself. Just look on a company web job sites you would like to work for and there should be a graduation link or section. It may surprise you and hopefully you can put your course and grade to some use to help you with next stage in life. Another thing you could do is if there was a job you may like to get into email or write to the company saying when you graduate and ask for few weeks work trail, this will look good on your CV and may lead to them employing you. However make sure you know your rights and what you are getting into if you do this just to cover your back and not get stuck with bad employers, unfortunately there are a few that will abuse this. You have done the right thing because I done the opposite and are no better off. Sort of went to college for term then found work then couldn’t cope now out of work and trying to start from scratch again and hopefully going back to college to start again and I am almost 20 years old. Hope things work out for you and try not to be hard on yourself.

[Morghana]

Originally Posted by Mindinpieces

Hi, not sure but if you live in UK most companies have an graduation scheme of some sort of there are plenty of companies that may consider you even though you may think your course doesn’t really apply.

Thanks a lot for the answer.

I live in the US. (For the semester, I've been living in Ireland though ) No, we don't quite have the same graduation scheme as you guys. From what you're saying, I wish we did. No matter what happens, I'm glad I went to college and studied anthropological archaeology, even if it is impractical. I just feel nervous and unready. It's so much easier to be in school, especially when your parents are paying for it...