After spending three to four years in studying in universities, graduates in the UK come out with degree and tons of dreams in their eyes. Many options are blowing in the mind of graduates regarding their next course.

Journey after university is not same for all, as there are a number of prospects awaiting ahead. Today British students, in particular, enjoy following four or five privileges.

1. Join a graduate job right from university campus or through job portals online.
2. Startup own venture or begin a career as a freelancer.
3. Pursue a postgraduate degree in the university again.
4. Join a certificate or internship program offered in the industry to shape a definite career.
5. Take a break for a period to see and experience the real world.

Let’s explore each option with details that how a graduate from universities in the UK behaves and take actions once they step out from the university campuses.

Join a Graduate Job

According to the opinions of Kate Douglas at Middlesex University London and Philippa Hardie at the University of Chester, graduates in the UK have enough facilities on the university campus to get vocational guidance as well as on-campus recruitment drives to select the most appropriate prospects.

Besides these, professional social media LinkedIn and the leading job boards like Just Norfolk Jobs are arranging career fairs like events on and off the campus to provide enough opportunities to the candidates/graduates to meet the right career and company while obtaining suitable talents for the participating organizations and companies.

In due course, job portals and Social Media are providing enough training to prepare CVs/Resumes and going to face interviews.

The UK government is running several civic centers in all cities and major towns to provide updates and face-to-face guidance for the local graduates to get appropriate government and non-government jobs.

Sometimes talented students fail to get a good grade and remain stuck up to the 2.1-2.3 range. In such cases, they miss the chance to have a decent post in their favorite and prestigious organizations or brands.

It ends up in downhearted feelings amongst those deprived talents. However, job market researchers have revealed that 87% businesses are looking for right aptitudes and attitudes in the job seekers instead of mulling on merits or percentile.

Of course, they take some online and F2F tests prior to and during the interviews to assure the desired qualifications of the candidates for their requirements.

Many talented students have the aptitude for working foreign environment and build up a career that other hardly imagine. They join multinational companies and get posting at their desired places. Thus, they fill up their life with rich experiences at personal and professional level.

 

Startup Own Venture

Some graduates have inborn entrepreneurship and tendencies to work independently. To foster entrepreneurship and career services, Philippa at Chester run a program under the title “Venture” and help that talent explicitly with the help of other resources and organizations available for their chosen business niche.

Self-employment has some distinct attractions. For instance,

• Independence and autonomy
• Complete control
• Total freedom
• Versatility
• Recognition
• Plenty of opportunities

Against these alluring benefits of startup career, a number of responsibilities that a businessman has to bear, such as

• Providing professional services to clients/customers/consumers.
• Managing and maintaining business including day-to-day affairs.
• Managing finance and staff, including uncertainty looming around the work availability.
• Keeping a balance between work and personal life.

Considering these challenges, many fresh graduates wondering in a dilemma to go with self-employment idea and many entrepreneurship programs run by government and NGO agencies provide mentoring services to overcome it.

 

Pursue Post Graduate Degree

Today, the rise in population has increased the numbers of candidates in the job market. Simultaneously, industries are flourishing up and experiencing advanced recruitment needs for rapid growth. This has made the job market in entire Europe and in the world talent challenging.

In such scenario, having a mere degree is not enough to attain the dream career or posts. Post-graduation is a must to fulfil the rising needs of knowledge and skills. Thus, smart graduates who have recognized the upcoming trends of the job market and their expected career niche, never try to enrol in on-campus recruitment as well as create a profile on job sites.

Instead, they try to secure required merits in graduation and enrol in post-graduation program of their choice in the selected niche.

• Some register for Master Degree.
• Some look for post-graduation diploma or certificate courses to establish their career path right now.
• Some are exploring opportunities abroad and seeking post-graduate admission using government and private channels.

Whatever your choice may be, going for the post-graduate study is a smart and wise idea. To encourage the post-graduate degree-seeking trends among the students, government and private financial institutions have initiated PGL (Post-graduate Loan) program to support the needy students despite their pending graduation loans.

 

Join a Program in Industry

In some areas, the present education system falls short to provide enough industrial training to get started even for the graduates in the discipline. It demands real or practical industrial training for those candidates.

Some certificate courses, internship programs, special courses, and direct recruitment drives for a probation period are ways to address those lacunae. Therefore, many graduates who have a prior vision of their career join such programs after completion of their degree in those specialized areas and looking for bright and prospective career path ahead through direct practical training.

Take a Break for a Period

Since decades, European nations are famous for their travel love. Many graduates take a break after finishing academic life and before joining a serious career life.

They used to travel far away distances across the globe. A long voyage provides opportunities for them to learn languages, experience cultures, meet new people, learn new businesses, and gain an overall understanding of life itself.

Many prefer to travel with some earning instead of spending from their savings or parents’ money. It offers them immense opportunities to learn new skills, techniques, businesses, and market knowledge.

Up to this, we have talked about career options available after completion of graduation from the university. Now, we will discuss what actually happens in the life of a graduate when he or she is immediately leaving the university.

 

Be Ready to Miss Student Discounts & Deals

Once you leave status of students, all benefits offered by governments and local bodies as well as NGOs are wiped off automatically for you because now your student identity card loses its validity at all.

 

Now, Think of Graduate Bank Account

Many banks automatically transfer the student bank account into graduate or professional bank account and offer all privileges available for salaried or startup people. If your bank is not among those lucky, go to open a graduate bank account for you.

 

Think About Paying Student Loans

In Britain as well as most of the European and American nations, natives prefer to have student loans with immense benefits available to accomplish their educational life. They start repaying once they draw enough salary.

Therefore, don’t fall into anxiety trap to repay student loans immediately finishing your graduation, instead try to establish your career and achieve stability to begin repaying the loans. Almost all student loans available at zero rate or negligible rates. Therefore, you may not owe much more even sometime after your graduation.

 

Draw Your Career Path

Now, it is time to take your career decision seriously. So, start learning or accumulating career-related information from Omnichannel routes. If not exact, try to draw a rough path for your career and decide which skills you have to acquire or gain experiences to be a successful entity in your personal and professional life.

 

Start Your Savings

Many have a vague idea regarding self-earning and independent life. Therefore, they waste their hard earned money on useless things like drinks and dinner parties, unnecessary dates, picnics, and lots of holidays.

Life demands a balance between earning and spending when you have started your journey on an advanced level. You have to take your responsibility seriously and leave adolescent-like behavior behind.

You should have a separate saving account where you can deposit a fixed amount periodically. You should continue doing so throughout your lifecycle because once you pay the student loan, you have to have a home, homemaker, kids, aged parents, and many other social responsibilities.

These all demand money at first place and your saving account should have enough balance to bear that responsibility of your life.

 

Final words

I would like to congratulate you on finishing your graduate program and simultaneously greet you on joining the real world where many cloying and bitter tastes are waiting.  If you live in United Kingdom and you’re looking for full time/part time jobs in Norfolk to start your professional career,  Just Norfolk Jobs is a destination to get perfect consulting services in UK.

Just register with us and create your profile on our job site, and see the differences we can make for fresh graduates like you.

 

Author Bio:
Manya Ray is a Marketing & PR Executive for Just Norfolk Jobs and has been since October 2017. Manya has a vast amount of HR & Recruitment experience coupled with her local knowledge of the Norfolk & Norwich area.