I will be graduating at the beginning of next month with a 2:1 from a Russell Group university.
As my DP - fiancée- will still be doing his post-grad degree I've decided to stay in the town I was at university at and move into our own place.
Because at the moment there is a lot of upheaval - moving house, having to have a couple to days off for my graduation and a family holiday - within the next couple of months I decided to hold off on trying to find a 'proper' job (as my parents put it) and went full time in the hospitality job I have had for the past year.
This job is in the same field - although not directly - that I want to have a career in and I have been approached by a company within the industry with regards to a possible position which will be opening up soon. To take advantage of my contacts within the industry it makes sense for me to stay here.
If this position doesn't come to fruition within the next few months or something else comes up I will look elsewhere but for the time being it would be silly to apply for something owing to the above considerations.
However, every time I ring my parents I get told that they are:
a. disapointed that I don't have a job -
odd as I do which is much more than most people I know who struggling to find anything.
b. ask when I'm going to get a job despite knowing how I'm planning on doing stuff/ the economical climate/ and the problems with needing time off within the next couple of months
c. tell me that I shouldn't have a problem getting a proper job - they are intelligent and fully aware of the economical climate so either they are greatly inflating my ability or in denial.
d. tell me to move home as there are more opportunities back home - not true - 'back home' is a rural market town with high unemployment whilst at the moment I am within commutable distance of a major city.
I'm just wondering if I am being unreasonable or whether they are living in some fairy land where all graduates dive face first into well paid graduate level jobs.