Oh dear.

People assume that because you do not work in a job which is relevant to what you class as your personal "expertise" that either you don't have two brain cells to rub together, or that you are lazy, or that you have no confidence in your own abilities. I think those three pretty much sum up most people in this economic climate. Is today the day when things will change? Can people afford to take the risk and jump in feet first without bearing in mind what the consequences might be?

Employments risks in 2011 seems worse than ever. Redundancy, job shortages, you name it, you'll know someone who has experienced these problems. I myself recently almost lost my job and it fills you with this uncertain fear. You might not like your job, but is there anything else you could do right now? I know that I most certainly do not have much faith in myself. I struggle to compensate for my own lack of enthusiasm about my future, let alone to try and be enthusiastic to yet another person who asks me what I'm going to do with my degree(s).

How many people do I know who actually work in a field of interest which their degree was in? 3. Perhaps 4. Out of so many people that I know of who went to university in the past couple of years, maybe 5% have a job they want to do for the foreseeable future. That is a sad and alarming statistic. Those days of "finish one job on a Friday, start a new one on the following Monday" have existed for years. The state of the economy and its impacts upon the "average" person have become so detrimental that people face poverty in more ways than one.


Yet, you go to a city centre on a Saturday and the place is full of people with money to burn. This is something that I cannot come to terms with in my own head. The rich most certainly haven't particularly lost anything, although reading in the newspaper the other day about Adele being taxed 4 million pounds makes one widen one's eyes. So where exactly will this 4 million pounds of a taxpayers money go? Where does the billions of pounds that we pay in tax go? Somewhere to line someone's pockets? This isn't a third world country; that shouldn't be happening. It shouldn't happen there either. Bribery and forgery. Yada yada yada. It's old news now isn't it? No. It isn't. It's disgusting and people should feel demoralised in the fact that we live in a society where it is better to step over someone to get where you want, rather than to even step on them.

I think that the prospect of September looming towards me like a big monster has made me think twice about the job market and about a career. I still have no idea what I want to do and I am getting sick of being asked. However, in this climate, can I refuse any work? Does this mean I would have to sacrifice some dreams, just so that maybe I have to stay in Stoke longer? Is travelling really an option? You're meant to be able to do anything that you want, but how can you?