{"id":333,"date":"2017-05-25T14:50:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T13:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/?p=333"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:57:15","slug":"its-not-too-late-for-me-to-get-a-job-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/2017\/05\/25\/its-not-too-late-for-me-to-get-a-job-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Its not too late for me to get a job, is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0common question we are\u00a0asked by final year students in our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/students\/careers\/one-to-one\" target=\"_blank\">Quick Queries<\/a> is <em>\"its not too late for me to get a job, is it?\". \u00a0<\/em>This is a totally understandable question to ask and one that indicates that many students are feeling anxious about\u00a0their future, after\u00a0graduation. The transition from being a student to worker is scary and means dealing with a lot of change (moving cities, forming new\u00a0friendships, finding a new place to live etc) Not to mention if you are unsure of what you want to do or need to embark on the process of job hunting, it can all feel like it is too much.<\/p>\n<p>Before going any further,\u00a0I want to be clear, <strong>it is not too late to find a job! <\/strong>On <a href=\"https:\/\/myfuture.bath.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">MyFuture<\/a>,\u00a0(the careers service's vacancy database), we have nearly 700\u00a0active opportunities. You may find that some organisations that interest you are not recruiting at the moment, for example some graduate opportunities follow specific recruitment cycles. This however doesn't mean you've missed the boat....<\/p>\n<p>It is important to approach career planning in small steps - if you are unsure of what you want to do then focus on exploring ideas or simply updating your CV may give you the feeling that you are moving in the right direction. Think of where you'd like to be in the next 12-24 months as opposed to determining your final career.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2015\/05\/13962336408_bd6ff23a33_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-854\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2015\/05\/13962336408_bd6ff23a33_b-1024x706.jpg\" alt=\"13962336408_bd6ff23a33_b\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2015\/05\/13962336408_bd6ff23a33_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2015\/05\/13962336408_bd6ff23a33_b-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2015\/05\/13962336408_bd6ff23a33_b-768x530.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you are finding that the anxiety of not knowing what you want to do or looking for work is affecting you, then do consider the tips below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get things in perspective. What you are feeling is very common \u2013 you\u2019re\u00a0not alone!<\/li>\n<li>Be kind to\u00a0yourself and don\u2019t compare yourself negatively with your peers.<\/li>\n<li>Set realistic targets with small steps you can take\u00a0towards finding a graduate role. Steps could include seeing a careers adviser, connecting with Bath alumni via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/alumni\/help\/engage\/bath-connection\">Bath Connection<\/a> or LinkedIN or\u00a0checking out opportunities on <a href=\"https:\/\/myfuture.bath.ac.uk\">MyFuture<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, don't be afraid to talk about your worries\u00a0and look out for the signs of anxiety that go beyond normal worries. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mind.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mind,<\/a> \u00a0\"If you've been feeling anxious in a way that's stopping you from doing the things you would normally do, if you're not socialising, and if you've been feeling that way for more than just a couple of bad days \u2013 that's the point when you might want to see somebody\". The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/guides\/welfare-and-wellbeing-advice\/\">Residential Life and Wellbeing Service\u00a0\u00a0Advisers<\/a>\u00a0at Bath\u00a0give students help and advice on all welfare and wellbeing issues. They\u00a0run daily drop-in sessions on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Don't forget you can carry on using us after you graduate\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/students\/careers\/graduates\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/students\/careers\/graduates\/index.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0common question we are\u00a0asked by final year students in our\u00a0Quick Queries is \"its not too late for me to get a job, is it?\". \u00a0This is a totally understandable question to ask and one that indicates that many students are...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":384,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[748],"tags":[129,131,130],"class_list":["post-333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-anxiety","tag-graduate-career","tag-job-hunting-stress"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/384"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}