picking your career

picking your career

right, im having a little trouble ay the moment trying to pick a university course that would suit me. i dont have many interests with things like this, so its difficult, can i ask you lot to tell me when you applied for uni what you did and why, and where that has got you. it would be a great help, im trawling the ucas website at the moment without joy, i dont really know if i would like to go.

so how did you pick your career?? :think:

i went and did a diploma in art after my a-levels, coz i didn't know what i wanted to do, but i knew it would be art based.

then at art collage i randomly chose teesside to do graphic design

now at the moment i'm applying for a PGCE at leeds uni

its just a progression, no one is really certain

You pick sumthing your good at and that you enjoy!

for example i would pick a degree in marketing or sales type...
what intersets you .... apart form music and ness obviously!

who knows?

i do a computing degree, but want to open a clothes shop....go figure.....

I do computing by my main love is pussy??? :angel2:

im lookin at the minute at things like sociology and media, as im interested in people and im quite outgoing, people in media can go on to do radio, tv, etc, people who do sociology can do er....goverment things public offices.

i think overall i would want to be someone who works with people all the time, like presenting or a receptionist even. i like people, and having a laugh. any suggestions?

i dont think lucy knew there was anything else

erm i just kinda fell into it. was under pressure from parents to find job. got one that paid as well as qualifications working for architects. did this cos i like drawing and buildings. now i just do it for the money cos its shit!

I took a job at T-Mobile as a CS advisor, moved to the technical support team, then to the mobile data support team, then off to a rather interesting job that I can't really be arsed to explain what I do.

It pay's well though

I picked something I've always loved doing and that's writing. I always loved English at school too and I always wanted to be a journalist really. Hence I did a degree and a masters in journalism and online journalism. The trouble now is finding a job......

hmm that sounds suspicios.................do you work for the government?

hes 009!

I picked a degree which wouldn't limit my opportunities once I graduated. There's plenty of courses out there which are very specialised, but unless you are positive thats the route you want to go down and dedicate your life to, I would go for a course which has abit of everything in it so you have more choices once you leave.

Ask for the course breakdown of courses that take your fancy, it should give you a year by year syllabus of what you would learn from the course.

Some universities have specialist centres, Sheffield is good for Medicine. Oxford - Maths, LSE - Business/Law. Liverpool - Arts etc Go where the best resources are.

Go for a course that can give you an industrial placement which you do after your 2nd year and before your final year. These are called sandwich courses. With industry experience under your belt, you fair a better chance of a job once you graduate, maybe with the place you did your placement at.

Im doing my A levels at the min, but i already know hat i wanna do at uni, i wanna do a degree in accountancy or business. That is if i ont change my mind by then.

Im doing primary teaching down at edge hill, just outside of liverpool, to be fair, its really cliched, but id wanted to teach since i was ikkle meself!:angel3:
i aint a ckue how i ended up here, maybe coz its a spealist teaching and sports uni?
go with ur heart, u musta have sum idea what ya wanna do hun?? xx

ok that makes sense you deffo know what your gonna do but then you may change your mind...mmm:crazy: :bonkers: hehe:tounge:

i'm halfway through uni for the 2nd time. i made the mistake of going to uni and doing a course i was only half interested in.

eventually i realised this and packed it after my 1st year, moved back home and went to my local uni to do law. i now couldn't be more happy with my career direction, love my course even though the uni isn't amazing.

if you are seriously interested in studying for certain career then by all means choose a career linked degree, however i would definately advise against going down this route unless you are at least 90% certain you want to work in that industry. uni can get expensive very quickly!

Yea, well at the min i have my heart set on being an accountant, but i hav changed my mind so many times before

In what ways ????? Al have the blue dress or no no al have the er the red one or no maybe the yellow arrrgh im so confused.....hehe.... no seriousy i understand where your copming from i always sed id be a fire engine when a grew up but then a changed ma mind and settled for being a tw't:laugh: