Lifestuff

Having come to the realisation that it's now pretty much been an entire year since I took my exams and finished Uni, and that all I've managed to do is spend an interesting two months in India and be rejected from a total of 5 different places, I've spent the last few weeks trawling through the web to come up with some more options.

I'm horribly in debt so I need to get a job pretty much immediately, temporary or otherwise, simply so I can afford to move away from home to where jobs are more likely to be found (read: London).

I've applied to the Teach First program, and also Accenture and Logica. The TeachFirst program is quite interesting in that I would teach for 2 years, and become a qualified teacher, and then move on to an industry job, hopefully with Accenture. This is good because A) I've already been toying with the idea of becoming a teacher, B) it's only a 2 year commitment, you're expected to leave and get a job (other teaching options expect you to become a teacher for life, really) and it looks good on the CV, C) the qualification is recognized all over the world and is valid for ages, so if I decide I don't want a typical career in the future I can just travel and teach, D) it's in London and E) I'd get school holidays!

The down side though is that it's another 2 years, at a time when (due to my gap year, sandwich year and this last year) I'm already looking at graduate places with people 3 years younger than me. Coming out of this program at 26 and trying to find a graduate job, if I don't get the Accenture deferred entry, would be a nightmare.

I'm becoming less and less sure all the time about getting a job and "settling down" though. Part of me wants to just get some money, and go travelling and working throughout Europe. It's totally possible, and I know I'd enjoy it, but (and I know I'm getting old when I say this ¬.¬) I think I really need to start thinking about a pension and some security, especially in the current economic climate.

Another option I've considered is starting up my own hitech/dotcom business. I've got an idea that's marketable, but finding the capital and resources to start it up is going to be a mammoth task, one that I certainly can't undertake with no money, living with my parents. Although, if someone does happen to have a bit of cash lying around and fancies investing in me, let me know :P

I'm going to continue to look like crazy for any and all possible opportunities, but I think TeachFirst is likely to be the one I will concentrate on for now.