CANT DECIDE AFTER GRADUATION

When I was a young person I went to the university and I learned a rational language, to think with the left side of the brain. But in the right side of the brain you have intuition and imagination. Words are not the truth; they indicate the way to go, but you need to go alone, in silence. Symbols have a language that kills the words.
..................Alejandro Jodorowsky

I'm going to be graduating with a 2:2 degree from a top four university in Uganda. I'm worried as I don't think any graduate jobs will be open to me apart from Toto magazine junior editorialism and blogging. In addition to speaking English fluently, I don't even like my profession i.e. I want to stay away from engineering and construction for a while now.

Let’s start with a familiar scenario

How did you decide what course to study at University? Do any of these sound familiar?
1.We didn’t have any careers advice at school I picked the course I      liked most and did a degree in it.

2. My boy/girl friend was going to X university so I picked a course I could get onto there.

3. Was given a sponsorship by government on the the course that was third or fourth choice on my choice list.

4. Nobody talked to me about going to university it just kinda happened.

5. My parents said I should do this degree.

This massive decision may have been taken with little or no information or support and perhaps even without your input. And you went ahead and did it!

So what’s stopping you from making decisions about your future?

We make decisions based on impulses, information, convenience and a whole load of other not very scientific factors. Could you really have known exactly what coming to university was going to be like before you came? Somehow you made the best of it by taking decisions as they came along and dealing with the consequences, it makes you resourceful and resilient.

I have therefore partially decided to try the following for a mean time......

1.Being adventurous try something out.

2.Graduate scheme 1-3 years.  But you don’t have to stick it out if it’s not for you.

3.MGIP – Opportunities for new graduates in the local area. 4-12 months. A great way to try out something new.

4.Internship – Even less commitment of time.

5.Volunteer – Try something out no strings attached.

6.Be a Raddict that i am already....