When I finished my MSc in 2011, I moved from Coventry to London where I immediately started a role as a Sales Assistant at Cancer Research UK. It was a voluntary role. I only worked 6 hours twice a week. I took on this role because I wanted to gain UK work experience on my CV.
I then got a role as a Customer Service Advisor at IKEA in Wembley, London. My Italian Manager at Cancer Research was so kind, she wrote me a reference for the role at IKEA. The pay wasn’t great, but I wanted to get more experience in the UK and improve my CV.
I got another role as a Call Centre Advisor at Fusion Contact Centre in Coventry. I was interviewed for this role and wasn’t selected. I applied again, got interviewed and got the job. All this while, I was applying for better jobs/PhD opportunities and was getting rejections.
Shortly afterwards, I got a PhD admission at Loughborough University. I resumed on 1st December 2011 and got a full time job in 2015. My first salary in 2015 was more than double what I earned previously. The rest, like they say, is history.
What can you learn from this thread?
•Start from somewhere. Gain hands-on experience
•Get the training and skills appreciated by employers
•Be persistent, but not desperate
•Tailor your CV to advertised role. Fix your LinkedIn Profile
•Don’t let rejection weight you down!
•Start from somewhere. Gain hands-on experience
•Get the training and skills appreciated by employers
•Be persistent, but not desperate
•Tailor your CV to advertised role. Fix your LinkedIn Profile
•Don’t let rejection weight you down!
Degrees, certifications, valuable work experience, and employability skills will not go out of fashion in 30 years. If you want to advance your career get as much of these as you can! Share this thread if you found it inspiring!
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