So here I am, a triumphant return, like Che Guevara entering Havana or Trajan entering Rome.
Now, I have finished my university degree. This is a pretty scary prospect and has led me to sleepless nights and frequent moods as there appears to be NO JOBS ANYWHERE. My CV tends to lend itself to journalism, however the chances of me getting a job in journalism are almost non-existant.
I went for an interview at a recruitment company and they told me that I gave a superb interview but I had such a passion for journalism that I would never be able to have the same passion for recruitment, so that £25,000 first year job went out the window. My recruiter then told me that she would look at publishing jobs for me, which I am yet to hear back from.
Luckily I have got something to do in the three months from July, as I was lucky enough to get an internship in London with tomorrows company. They are essentially a business think-tank who give advice to companies and help to organise companies to be more stable and sustainable. It is an awesome opportunity which will hopefully lead me to a job at the end of it.
The problem that has arisen because of this is that my parents seem to be fairly against the concept of me working for a company without being paid for it. It does seem like a depressing prospect that in order to get a good job now you have to sacrifice a starting salary in order to move up in the world. A lot of this has come down to the economic problems meaning that more people are flooding the markets, but will this lead to a certain monopoly of high end jobs in the future?
In order to pay for this internship I will be working for two or three evenings a week to afford just the train fare each week. This is going to be a difficult time for me and I will have to put 100% in during the day and the only break I will have on most nights will be the train home. A lot of people will not even get this opportunity, so the only people who are likely to be in the same position as me in 4 months time are going to be those with parents who can afford to support them whilst they do an internship. This is likely to be something that continues in to the foreseeable future, so this is likely to create a hereditary lineage of the top jobs. No longer can meritocracy occur in business whilst the concept of an internship is the best possible way to get into a job. A CV is the only way to judge people, and it does not give an accurate perception of them as a person, only the professional actions undertaken. If the majority of people cannot afford to take this professional action then meritocracy can no longer take place, and where will this leave us in 15 years?
