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Alumni Advice for About-to-be-Graduates

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Aberdeen chapter.

Graduating can be a very exciting and rewarding thing, but it can also be quite daunting as you step out of and into a new chapter of life. As such, I asked all of my recently graduated and alumni friends to give any about-to-be graduates advice on the next stage of their life – Here’s what they had to say!  

  1. Don’t feel bad about not getting your dream job straight away – it may take time!  
  1. Be ready to change jobs if you don’t like the one you go into 
  1. Your skills (and degree) are valid, don’t let people tell you differently 
  1. Don’t compare yourself to others, you are on your own path  
  1. Do a postgraduate or masters, but only if you are super passionate about the course/ subject  
  1. Check your credit and look at your finances 
  1. The job market has not fully recovered from covid so go easy on yourself  
  1. When applying for jobs, ask if you think you’d be there. No job is worth your happiness 
  1. Prep all your paperwork. Initiation is paperwork  
  1. Try to enjoy the summer after graduation without thinking too hard about -life-  
  1. Start looking for early grad jobs. The deadline applications are often earlier than you think.  
Iona Hancock

Aberdeen '22

PGDE Primary 21/22 @ Aberdeen 1st Class Honours in Politics and IR @ Aberdeen