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Sounds like my housemate at Uni.

 

I can also give you guys a little bit of advice. When asked to do something simple, do it. You'll find it easier to get out of jobs you really don't want to do if you remember to buy milk, wash the cups up, take the bins out etc. You will be perceived as helpful, so will get away with other stuff. Believe me, women don't want to nag, but it can be really exhausting doing everything else (especially at Xmas) and then find that your partner/husband forgot the one thing you asked him to do. Make it easy on yourself, guys.

 

Ah this is exactly the kind of thing immature teens post on facebook.

 

I know you guys have been having a debate about the use of words so I thought you might find this advice helpful:

NINE WORDS WOMEN USE...

(1) Fine : This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.
ok, i do do this.

(2) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.
i don't do this, mainly because im not into dressing up a lot.

(3) Nothing : This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.
yep, this is me!

(4) Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!
i don't do this. im not ultra controlling so he can do what he wants really.

(5) Loud Sigh: This is not actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.)
nope

(6) That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
nope

(7) Thanks : A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome'.. That will bring on a 'whatever').
nope

(8) Whatever : Is a woman's way of saying...Go to Hell...
i do this a lot

(9) Don't worry about it, I'll do it : Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to # 3.
this happens sometimes but not as much as if we were living together.

 

Just got another job rejection. Scaled down the level of job I've been looking for in an attempt to get something and I've even failed to get an interview for a Library assistant. It only requires you to be educated to GCSE level with no experience required. I've recently graduated with a Geography degree and at least have experience working in retail. Whats next then...fast food, pound store...so glad I spent three years and a **** tone of money getting a degree it's really paid off...

 

Yeah, I have a cousin with a Geography degree from Manchester. She ended up going to law school. And that's ironic because I have a law degree and also can't find a decent job. In my case, it's because my A levels are less than impressive. It might be wise to try and get some impressive experience on your CV, but that would probably mean working for no pay: either doing some sort of volunteer work for a charity, or some work experience in the field you're interested in.

My plan is to do some charity work, get some office-based work experience because I don't have any on my CV, and hopefully work at a pub or something just so I don't become totally broke.

 

I'm sorry to hear that dude. I'm in a very similar situation. Indeed almost exactly the same (except I have no retail experience, but I have office experience from internships and a couple of temp roles), having recently been rejected for a Library Assistant role myself (the same one perhaps?). I'm sure you'll find something eventually though. Maybe I will too. I hope so.

Just be glad you didn't waste your money on a Masters.

 

Don't give up..early days yet. Remember you can be overqualified as well as underqualified...they may consider that you would be discontented and move on. I worked in my field for many years (medical research) then moved to the Island and had to convince my employer that a straightforward job suited me fine.

 

I am really sorry to hear that you guys cant get jobs after studying for donkeys years up to Degree level. However i have to ask, when you all decided to go to Uni did you look at the job prospects in the various industries, employment sectors, etc and find out where the work is before you decided which course to study at Degree level ? Where you given any advice in this respect from careers personnel and the various career fairs held in schools and colleges etc ?
I ask as there are lots of jobs available in some sectors, particularly engineering, science, etc. In my own industry there are specialist recruitment agencies that have lots of vacancies for marine engineers, naval architects, marine navigating & engineering officers, marine biologists, environmental surveyors, etc, etc. It seems a major shame that so many of you obviously talented and intelligent young people have studied for qualifications in areas where they are little use in helping you find meaningful jobs. I accept that the jobs that i outlined above are not everybodies cup of tea and you need to have a liking for maths & science subjects to study for the relevant qualifications, but i bet most of you would be more than capable of doing it if necessary.
I changed by nephews mind about 5 years ago when he dropped out of university becasue he found that the sports science degree course that he was on wasnt to his liking - he is now an engineer officer with Disney Cruises earning good money and plenty of paid leave. Just some food for thought as your stories make me feel frustrated - so i can imagine how you all feel.

 

Good point...not enough are going into science and engineering. Vocational advice could start early to encourage taking the more difficult subjects, which aren't actually difficult if you start early enough. Science is an absorbing subject as it helps you understand the world around you. I graduated in 1972 when there was a similar graduate unemployment problem, but my husband and I managed to get jobs as we were both scientists.

 

Fortunately for me, the feedback I've been getting from all of my applications is that I'm just lacking office experience. Once I get that, it shouldn't be too difficult to find a job. I feel for geography students though, as they've chosen to follow an interest and the job market is awful for them right now. I'd have loved to go into any of the career paths you've listed, but unfortunately I didn't have the relevant GCSEs/A Levels.

 

Well good luck in finding a suitable placement then Joe, i am sure that something will appear out of the blue as it often does.

I also know of two young people who initially did marine biology degrees at Plymouth, and then retrained as marine navigating officers at Warsash - one is now with Holland America as a deck officer on cruise liners and the other is doing the same job with the Royal Fleet Auxillary, they are both earning good salaries and the promotion propects are very good. If any of you guys have GCSE's in Maths, a Science subject, English Language + a couple of more at C or above then you stand a good chance of getting a 3-year marine officer cadetship, especially as you already have a degree and so proven that you have the ability.

 

I don't always get feedback but when I do, it's usually because someone else is more experienced than me....

Indeed, to quote (sort of) Avenue Q, what do you do with a BA in geography? **** all it seems.

Edit: Actually, I received some different feedback for the aforementioned Library Assistant job. Apparently I was rejected because I didn't mention in my application form about my ability to lift weights of 10 kg as the job occasionally involved some lifting. Which is annoying as I go to the gym quite regularly and they'd have been able to see straight away that I wasn't a weak weed or anything, plus 10kg is hardly a lot, I'd imagine most people would be able to carry that. Forget mentioning customer service skills in your application, clearly the most important thing is mentioning that you can lift 10kg

 

The word you're looking for there is "paraphrase". [/smartarse]

 

What about soft subjects like media studies. Some will do it and then get a good job, but most won't. In fact, they would probably be better getting practical experience and working their way up.

 

Yeah I thought of that, I wasn't sure if that was the right word as I felt paraphrase may just mean summarising something.

As for media studies, one of my former flatmates was doing that. Not sure what he's doing now as we were never Facebook friends.

 

Apparently only one Udinese fan turned up in a recent match against Sampdoria. No one else went because it was a 5 hour journey on a cold night to watch a match that was on the TV. Can't see that happening in a match here, can you? The Sampdoria fans took him to their hearts as he had a whole stand to himself with 2 stewards in case he caused trouble. He was presented with a Sampdoria top and his team won 2.0 so I guess he had a great night.

 

I thought that was strange at first, considering Udine and Genoa are both in the north of Italy, so I did some research, and apparently the introduction of the "Tessera del tifoso" is being largely blamed for a decrease in ticket sales. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessera_del_tifoso

I imagine the economy over there isn't helping either. If they only get one fan showing up for Sampdoria, they probably wouldn't get any away support at all in Palermo! Anyway, here's a picture of the fella:

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Can't see what the problem is with fan cards....I think it must be an Italian thing.

 

I assume that they just dont like being forced to have ID cards to get into a football match. In effect we have this system with our season tickets now, but it is only season ticket holders and so there is some choice involved. However you have to give your personal details in order to buy a ticket for just about any match these days so every ticket is traceable to somebody - i would have assumed that they had the same in Italy, but maybe not.