How many ABer's use their degrees they got at Uni in their job now?

[merciasounds]

I was reading about graduates who are waiting tables and are barman/maiding as they can't get decent jobs with their degrees...
I admit I had every intention of using mine, but then two weeks after I left uni a job came up producing cookery books and I never looked back.

[dotty.]

I do and I don't, as a retail manager you have to deal with alot of administration, planning, personel issues, which experience in the industry can give you, but having to cope with doing a full time degree and having a part-time job and bringing 3 kids up certainly gave me organisational skills!
But now my actual course content is helping as I did History with English and so as I work with books it is helong immensly,

[dotty.]

*except for my spelling!

[joggerjayne]

Nope

[237SJ]

I think a lot of modern degrees won`t be used much because they are soft subjects like History of Art, Media Studies etc. A friend of mine did Urban Studies at uni and has worked for the last 25 years in IT because he did a simple one year IT course. The degree was abolutely no use at all.

[joggerjayne]

I think (benefit of hindsight, blah, blah) that a degree should teach you to think analytically ...

... not just teach you lots of information about one subject.

From that point of view, it really doesn't matter what you study.

I did a vocational degree, thinking it would be "useful" (big mistake).

I wanted to do English.

I should have done English.

[sandyRoe]

I was rusticated in 1969. Never got a degree. :-(

[sherrardk]

I don't work any more but I had to have a degree for my job (I was a teacher).

[OrdsallSi]

My old gaffer has a degree in Chemistry and he is now driving a small van delivering parcels as there are no other suitable jobs up here.

[dotty.]

My eldest son has just started doing a Geology degree as he wants to be able to dig ditches

[Bbbananas]

My friend's youngest son is doing English - but specialising in creative writing. Oh, how I would have loved that to have been an option for me back in my day. I would have loved to have done a degree in creative writing.

[Bbbananas]

sorry mercia - that doesn't really answer your question does it?!! I only read the last answer!

[merciasounds]

It's a good an answer as any salla!
I did Art History, and English Literature at Trinity College Dublin, and I wanted to work in an Art Gallery

[pa___ul3]

My degree is in Hispanic Studies, when I graduated I spoke fluent Spanish, good Portuguese, Catalan and French and I taught myself a bit of Italian... I now work in a logistics office speaking 100% in English, mostly to Chinese or South Asians.

[scotman]

Not any more. I did for approx 19 years after graduation but not since.

[sara3]

I left school at 16, so no degree for me.. but I have a good job anyway :o)

[Eve]

I went to uni to do a french, german and spanish degree but switched to law (wanted more of a challenge and figured I'd still have to train to do something with my languages anyway) after the first year and went on to law school and to qualify as a solicitor so it has been well used for me. I was due to do 4 years as would have had a year abroad with the languages so just spend 4 years at the same uni instead.

Never used the languages in my work (not the ones I did at uni anyway) so worked out a lot better for me. Would have been better off speaking indian/chinese languages, polish etc...

[ChuckFickens]

Not got a degree, but maths, physics and electronics a-levels are fairly relevant to my job. (Chemistry not so much!)

[pa___ul3]

definitely a good move Jenna, although they've opened plenty of doors socially for me, only one person from 17 on my course went on to use their languages professionally, she got a first. The rest either just used them socially or started to lose them. Although I don't regret learning languages because I've met some ace people, I do feel if I'd chosen a more vocational course I'd be earning a bit more than I do now!

[Eve]

I do miss them as I really enjoyed them but I think it's the right move for me.

I'd be interested to see how many of my old lot who went on still use their languages, I think it'd be the same though, not many. I know some do translation work and similar.

It's a shame as I really loved doing languages.