Tom Swarbrick has a message for university graduates. #tomswarbrick #unitedkingdom #ukpolitics #uknews #university #employment #genz #youngpeople #unemployment #neet #lbc
Every job you apply for says no because there are 140 applicants per graduate job. Now you’re lucky if you even get an email to acknowledge that you’ve applied, let alone to say no. The fact of saying no is borne out by not receiving an email back from the people you applied to four months ago. There are fewer graduate jobs to apply for. In fact, employers would seemingly rather you didn’t have a degree. Is the truth and the truth will be through I guess through your own experience. If you are someone that went to university, apply for jobs, can’t find a job, and now you’re back home living with mom and dad. Isn’t the truth that the work hard at school, go to uni, get on a grad scheme thing is sort of over it. It belongs actually to a different generation. The generation who for whom only seven perhaps 7% went to university or maybe a bit more that’s gone. So can university really said to still be worth
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I think the problem is looking at education as something you do to get a job.
Womp womp applications being ignored welcome to being treated like everybody else
Best thing I did was drop out of uni after a year. Worst thing I did was go to uni for a year
As someone who decided to do an apprenticeship in 99 when most of my school mates were going to college and planning Uni, I have never been out of work since completing my apprenticeship.
Im a student
No it’s not
Average UK graduates (Undergraduate) in highly skilled employment or further higher education 77% after 15 months
Average UK grad (Undergraduate) first job salary £28,731
Average salary for 21 year olds who are non grads: £22,932.
Don't let facts get in the way of a headline for a phone in 🙄
Degree apprenticeships are the way forward now
Here in Bournemouth, I work in construction. Right after the beginning of the tax year (6th of April 2025), loads of people seem to apply for work. One agency told me 80 people called in to apply for a job. Many are immigrants, many of the workers I've met are fron Turkey, Ukriane, Romania, Latvia, and more. I found one job with an agency I've worked for, but got injured and laid off, and after that, I could only find temp jobs lasting 3 days. Luckily, my dad has a business where I can work. If I didn't have my dad and his business, I'd be feeling hopeless and unemployed. Constantly applying and trying your hardest, only to have your application ignored or rejected, is absolutely demoralising. In January, it wasn't like this. Finding work was so much easier. It's something to do with the summer weather and/or the start of the tax year that causes a massive spike in applicants. As someone who lives here permanently, I kind of feel like I should be given priority over all these greedy job seekers from abroad. But whatever…
If your young learn a trade graduates it’s not to late. Electrician/gas engineer plumbing, hvac
Would you trust a doctor who didn’t study at uni. Fk no
Universities used to be elite centres of learning for the incredibly intelligent minority; now they resemble expensive tech colleges for above average people. Do an apprenticeship, get a job, start a business and be successful.
Soon they'll be competing with the Youth from the EU.
Decimation of big companies is a reason..not enticing them here,,,
Not over over. It is just over subscribed.
We turned Universities into businesses and we incentivised them to recruit as many students as possible. The result? Far more graduates than graduate jobs.
Do a sandwich course. Problem solved.
I’m going through this right now. I’ve been looking for a job for the past year even before I graduated and still haven’t had any success. What are you doing guys in this situation?
Is this due to a.i replacing a lot of jobs? It's only going to get worse.
Don't work hard at school, go into a trade, vote Reform. Lemon squeezey.
In this exact situation right now. So frustrating.
Do online courses to set yourself apart for that job then ipdat your cv and LinkedIn
It's about time schools and 6th form colleges stop promoting and advertising universities like they are the only solutions.
Replace some universities with trade schools or skill schools like plumbing electrical, cooking barbers and whatever else we need. Reduce the fees many fold
Improve the country this way. Keep the courses we need, I. E. Medical law etc
If older gens get FO as well telling younger gens they are entitles, they are not
FYI I am a graduate with a graduate job although finished university 10 yrs ago
The only option is to be an entrepreneur, live off the land or be born rich 😅
A stars. Are given like sweets, and massively watered down to achieve. So they can get kids in Uni and take £50 grand off them. And all employers know this. 10 a penny Degrees. Get a trade. Make a fortune.
You need a masters or a PhD for a graduate job now
And this is the most depressing thing I've ever seen. Try too hard and you can still fail. Try nothing and feel ignored by the greater world.
Everyone I know became teachers, nurses and plumbere, etc. They all have great jobs.
Many uni,s were colleges of further education or polytechnics where there were full time, part time and block release students. It was a system that provided a pathway for both a manufacturing and service industry and it worked.
Now that everyone and literally their grandmas have college degrees, it’s more of a piece of paper than even I got mine 20 years ago. Unless you’re going to get a degree in CS, all education is useless in the job search now that the internet is so powerful.
My sister did uni/masters degree and I, bluntly, wasn’t as smart so did an apprenticeship…
Ok, I started out on £2.85 an hour in 2010, but by 2015, was out earning her and have done ever since
Join the military!!! Most will need to loose quite a bit of weight, learn not to cry and how to endure a little bit of suffering. But they pay well.
If you must get a degree, get one in healthcare, your chances are greatly improved.
ahhhhh im doing my masters in econometrics and the stress of uncertainty couldnt be heavier
Hello, guys. I am international graduate in UK. My target is to secure sponsorship in two years. I wanted to ask what’s the best kind of job to start with. Because I heard apprenticeships available only for local residents. I believe graduate schemes as well, considering the number of rejections I receive. Is graduate jobs only way to get first professional experience in UK for me? Could you please explain? Thank you
Hello, guys. I am international graduate in UK. My target is to secure sponsorship in two years. I wanted to ask what’s the best kind of job to start with. Because I heard apprenticeships available only for local residents. I believe graduate schemes as well, considering the number of rejections I receive. Is graduate jobs only way to get first professional experience in UK for me? Could you please explain? Thank you
Hello, guys. I am international graduate in UK. My target is to secure sponsorship in two years. I wanted to ask what’s the best kind of job to start with. Because I heard apprenticeships available only for local residents. I believe graduate schemes as well, considering the number of rejections I receive. Is graduate jobs only way to get first professional experience in UK for me? Could you please explain? Thank you
I'm in the US (California)–the same thing is happening over here. This is a global issue, not a single country's policy issue.
Most graduates don't get into grad schemes. You just go get a job somewhere and work your way up, same as everyone else.
Nah, not true. Even non graduate entry level jobs will ghost you. The fact is people will still fail to get a non education job then think education is the answer
There are plenty of jobs in this world, you just need to go where your face fits……..❤
If you are ever in a situation where a loved one is fighting a terrible illness and it is not sure whether medical science will save them, then you would probably give away a limb to advance science and technology by 20 years.
What advances science and technology?
Universities. By training young people to a level where they can make discoveries, as well as making discoveries themselves.
Yes, companies do it too, but largely only when it can be patented.
Other forms of essential innovation, e.g. discovering the rules of science, are largely dont by universities. Companies only hop on board when they see a path to cash.
This is where the system is messed up. The system should reward all essential innovation.