THE RIGHT CAREER?
“Finance graduate changes
“We want to find out real life experiences only seeing a photocopier and a coffee
direction mid air and becomes
from recent graduates to help future machine for months, I discovered that it
a trapeze artist.” Are you in generations of graduates make better was not as fulfilling as it was made out to
the right career? decisions,” explains James Frith, survey be. So, after six months I quit and became
leader. “In the same vain, this will also help an acrobat and trapeze artist. A complete
A new survey has been launched aimed at graduate employers to better understand change of career, but at the time of
graduates who have been in employment the needs of their staff, so the survey will graduating, I thought I was focussed on
for three years, to find out what they really benefit both sides of the debate.” what I wanted a career in, only to be
think about their jobs and career choice, thoroughly disappointed by the reality of it. I
and participants are in with a chance of James has had first hand experience of the felt that my time at University had been
winning a luxury ski holiday. reality of the graduate job market after wasted to end up in a photocopying role!”
graduating from Cambridge University.
The survey is being conducted by 2i The survey takes around ten minutes to
Research, a market research and consultancy “I was first employed by a leading financial complete, and has been designed to take an
company run by recent graduates. institution,” continues James, “and after impartial and relaxed look at the working world
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