My first post...

Wow. So this is what it’s like to be part of the “blogosphere”. About me: I am currently in my second year of university studying a BA in Media, Communication and Cultural studies. (A bit of a mouthful I know.)

When I tell people what I’m studying, the usual reaction is a not so convincing “Oh, that sounds interesting.” The phrase that may spring to mind for many though is “Mickey Mouse subject”, that lovely term coined by former education minister Margaret Hodge, to describe degrees “where the content is perhaps not as rigorous as one would expect and where the degree itself may not have huge relevance in the labour market".

So apparently I am already hindered in the employment world by my choice of degree. A bit of Wiki research also reveals a pretty scary statistic: “there are 43 times as many Media Studies students in higher education as there are jobs available in the media annually.” And even though we’re told not to believe anything on Wikipedia, that is scary.Back in my first ever term at University, we had a talk from the lovely lady from the University careers service, basically trying to scare the crap out of us that “time flies” and “soon you will applying for your graduate job”. This is the type of advice most Freshers choose to ignore as “we don’t have to think about all that for ages”.However, I believed every word. And while many of my course mates probably left the room thinking “what shall I have for lunch?”, I left thinking “Oh my God, How can I make my CV stand out?”Over the past year and a half I have done my best to answer that question.

I’ve written for the student newspaper, I’ve completed a 3 month placement at a PR agency, I’m in the Student Communications Team, I’m in the choir and now I’ve broken into the world of blogging. Okay, so maybe I am known in certain circles as a “keeno”, but now I’ve had my fair share of interview experience, written my fair share of covering letters and researched my fair share of companies. So, I’m harnessing my keenness to share some of my experiences of trying to achieve my Great Expectations. It feels like only a matter of weeks ago that I was unloading the contents of my bedroom into the prison cell that would be my home for the next 9 months, but I find myself sitting here approaching the half way mark of my whole time at university…and there’s no need to panic.