Love help: First job — I’m going to be graduating this June with a masters in Chemistry, and will be living in London. - Help.com

i know it sounds bad, but for a year, how about a chemist? 16/17K a year (at a guess, london prices are different to here in the midlands lol). that enough to share your flat?
if not, with your computer skills maybe an IT job? because you actually have quite alot compared to the masses. you have lots of positions open to you, it depends on how much you can put up with.
try signing up to a recruitment agency, they are horrible, but useful to you for a quick job. hope i helped i alittle. goodluck with your career & funding next year!!!!!!!!!

Will the school that you are graduating from hire you as a research assistant or something?

And, it may be possible to get hired to teach at a private school (as in one that doesn’t get government funding). I realize that might not happen until the fall, but there may be some good opportunities if you can wait that long.

I saw Fortran was a tag and had to say that I thought I was the last one to take that in the 90’s…

upsilon222 wrote:
I’m interested in programming but have only ever written something in fortran (*rolls eyes* yeah, I know)

Is there a career advisement office in your university?

OK I’m a headhunter by trade - you are lucky in the respect that you will not have to commute too far. Personally I’d go for a job that doesnt even apply to your degree - there is good money to be made in London - despite the dreaded credit crunch. london is desperate for people who have your skills and understand English. get a job at the BBC as a runner or something - still 25k a yeay - Icould go on but dont want to bore you. Use this like a semi-gap year. Jump into the unknown and earn good money whilst you are there - you must make time for your studies though

year not yeay

I think you should look at the job adverts in the Evening Standard - it’s the London evening paper or even the Guardian. If you have trouble give me a shout - I’m recruitment mad

lol travelling would be great! but if you want/have to work thats ok, do you have any hobbies other than the above (if they are hobbies), you can find work in your local paper, agencies, the job centre, the net. hope you find something you would like to do, even for a year, try something random and fun sounding?
or just work in a supermarket, most people are very funny and students themselves! its fun, easy money normally, lots of parties ;)

erm well… i’d always keep in mind, if its only for a year, because you have other things you want from your life, get a fun job, even if the pay isn’t great, something you just enjoying doing, whether its the people you like being with, or the fun job.
but if you are going to london in august and your place isn’t until next september (keep my fingers crossed for you!) then can’t you enjoy where you are in the world and just study later?
have some fun time?! we are all entitled to it!

well do that, pick a nice interesting country that requires only one flight (you wont feel too guilty that way) and travel around it by bike? ;)
i assume you are kinda young, just enjoy yourself and do what you want to. who’s going to complain? as long as you work hard at your studies i’m sure your parents wouldn’t mind too much. they probably just want you to do well for yourself and have be happy, so do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =]

how honourable are you?!?! its a good thing! i admire it!
but you are young, have a little fun and don’t worry to much about guilt, worrying & guilt is for older age, and equally as rediculas then. if you really are that bothered with the guilt, talk to them? say its hard to find a job and you would really appreciate, enjoy, and above all become better and stronger, and wiser by travelling. they would understand im sure, they let your brother go?! they wouldn’t mind you doing that?
don’t be so caught up in the whole, be independent thing if you are young, enjoy yourself, be indepentent later, when you have worked hard and finished your studies well and proudly ;) thats your pay back to your parents for their caring ;)

Hey,

Well I’ve worked for ages in the City and West End of London. When I first moved there, I got to understand pretty quickly that it’s not always so much about what you know, rather who you know.

I presume, being a Chem Masters graduate that you’re pretty good with number-crunching/ Excel? If you are, then have you considered Performance Analyst positions in the big asset management companies? I started out in this field, but then moved to Investment Consulting, which also pays well but requires some pretty in-depth investment knowledge, CFA exams, etc…

That does mean that I still get job specs in from agents, so this may be your lucky day, lol!! (Or not, if you hate this sort of thing!!) I also have a couple of very good contacts on that end who I could put you in touch with.

You could realistically look at a starting salary of say 25-28k per annum, which would increase to about 40k after two years or so.

If you want more info, feel free to shout me and I can perhaps email you.

P.S. As for suits, that may be inevitable in the Banking sector. This is probably a job that you could walk straight into though, and the last I heard they were crying out for people, so you may be able to negotiate a higher salary, but no promises!

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Hey, you’re welcome.
Ummm…the recruitment process isn’t long. Just one interview with the employer. These aren’t graduate positions, so they’re a lot more straightforward. If you like Maths, you’d probably find them interesting, but yes the hours would be full time with occasional late evenings, so I suppose it would be hard (but not impossible) to study alongside.

yourabi wrote:
Not really. Don’t get caught up on the degree / experience requirements. If an employer likes you they’ll look right past it — don’t be shy about applying for things with steep requirements — let them weed you out — don’t weed yourself out for them (within reason, don’t apply for senior positions obviously)

This is so true. If you have a true interest, an employer is more likely to want to invest in training you. It is amazing how many people are burnt out from studying a subject and hate to work in the field they studied for. Employer’s pick up on this in an interview.

Where did you apply for your PhD. I’m writing up my chemistry phd thesis at the moment and I know there are a lot of companies/research bodies such as the BBSRC and EPSRC who fund pH.Ds I currently get 13000 a year tax free for my studies so Its not too bad.
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your at cambridge? omg you must be intelligent and commited. do your exams and dont worry about taking a little time out to travel. but im really not sure how funding works, i’ll ask someone i know and see. goodluck!!!!!! i hope you do well in your exams, that is your 1st priority ofcourse ;)