UnemployedI was Mordred writes, "I've been out of work for a while now... however, every cloud must have a silver lining. Tell us your stories of the upside to unemployment."
You can tell us about the unexpected downsides too if you want.
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chthonic, Fri 3 Apr 2009, 10:02)
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I am in concurrence!After picking up my BA in English and American Studies in 2002, I've managed to wangle my up to being senior copyeditor* for a multi-national entertainment brand. With arts degrees, there's not as obvious a career arc as in some sciences - you could work in anything, but you have no useful specialism.
It's hard graft, but you can definitely turn your three years of shitting about reading books into a job!
* I'm well aware this is probably littered with errors now I've said this. But I can't be doing reading it back... That's for the day job.
(, Tue 7 Apr 2009, 0:13, 1 reply)
I am also in concurrence!Having a BA and then an MA in History (specifically medieval) got me a job in a communications consultancy. I found during my (happily brief) job hunting period that it's about skills - so I made the most of what History taught me and saw how processes of analysis can be applied to the working world.
Let's start a club.
(, Tue 7 Apr 2009, 12:03, closed)
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