DD is a graduate but is now doing a school leavers apprenticeship!?

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DD did biomedical science at uni and was offered an interview for the place she did her placement year at for a full time position. She freaked out at interview and didn't get the job.

She went for a lab job which was aimed at people who didn't have a degree and was told that as she doesn't have science a levels, she wasn't suitable!?

She gave up and has ended up starting a dental nurse apprenticeship where she is paid crap money and goes to college once a week. She says she enjoys it though..

Hmm.

AIBU to think she should ditch this and find something else?

Being a graduate isn't special anymore when 50% of young people are now becoming graduates. 50% of jobs are NOT graduate jobs therefore there is now a huge overspill.

But 50% of the working population are not graduates

I think I really feel for the kids without degrees who would love to be on an apprenticeship but can’t get one, as people with degrees are doing them.

Yes all her friends on her course walked into an NHS Band 5 job.

She isn't confident at all and I think that could be the problem. She vomited at the interview due to nerves.

I know she'd be happier doing a biomed job. When I ask her if she'd rather be in a biomed job, she always replies "well I didn't get the job so it doesn't matter". I think her knowing that all her friends got jobs and she didn't, is what's put her off.

Her degree is a 2:1.

@jay55 why? I feel for the graduates who have spent lots of money and can't get a graduate job so have to do an apprenticeship... They usually interview all suitable applicants for the apprenticeship, so they all have a good chance.

I assume your daughter is into her 20's? Surely this is her life choice?

Of course it's her choice. I'm not going to be choosing things for her.

I made an account just to say this, I am a biomedical scientist and it is so piss easy to get a job as a HCPC registered biomedical scientist in the UK at the moment. There is a huge shortage of us so unless you're completely incompetent you're basically guaranteed a job once you finish your trainee year if you look around for a month or two, especially in London or larger cities with multiple hospitals like Bristol Manchester etc.

I'm not saying your daughter is incompetent if she messed up the interview but if she really wants to be a biomedical scientist it won't be hard for her to find a job at all. If she doesn't want to do it that's different of course but don't let her get her hopes down because she screwed up 1 interview. If she wants to be a biomedical scientist help her with some practice style interview questions for her particular discipline (use google) and have her keep an eye out for local hospitals recruitment pages something will come up soon if there isn't already something out there.

Yup registered biomedical scientists are a huge shortage... getting registration is close to impossible. Which disapline did she specalise in?

@Sofabitch since when is it impossible? Loads of unis offer a year in industry and that's when they get registration.

It's super hard to get after your degree.

My uni had 8 places in nhs hospitals to get the registration.

A year in industry doesn't always mean in a nhs hospital.

Hospital budgets are being cut to the bone. Unlike nursing, BMS labs don't have to take (or get given funding to support) training students.

Lots of graduates work in non graduate roles. Off the top of my head I can think graduates from uni working as a receptionist, HCA, ta, working in a gym.
I have a stem degree (RG uni too) and ended up retraining as a nurse. Few jobs you see.

@Sofabitch - it's the degree I'm going to do and my 2 closest unis offer a specific "year in an NHS hospital where you gain the registration" and they call it a fast track in the NHS. These are considered "great" unis.

Sorry, these are not considered "great" unis.

I qualified many years ago with a (BA not BEd) degree in Educational research. I also have a degree in a teachable subject. And I have a teaching qualification.
In order to work as a TA I have to take those qualifications and I have just been told I will need to do a further qualification as a child minder. Qualifications are very specific now and employers use box ticking exercises to recruit only. If someone cannot see the qualification specified you simply won't get considered.

It's the degree i've just done.

The uni offers the placement, but not enough for everyone. In my uni 8 out of 60 students got a placement in a hospital with registration.

Either way its an indemand job. With registration the Ops dd can easily walk into a job.

She can try and get a graduate training job and those jobs that said she hasn't science A levels are wrong...

It should be A level or equivalent and her Btec is ccertainly equivalent.

I can't help but wonder if part of the reason she lacks confidence is because of you.

"AIBU to think she should ditch this and find something else?"

Yes, YABVU to think that she should quit a job she likes and is currently happy with because you don't think it is good enough for her. Just be happy for her, and be supportive instead of 2nd guessing everything she does and telling her it isn't good enough.