jawafour wrote:Corazon de Leon wrote:Been grappling with the stunning realisation that it might be years before I’m gainfully employed in my profession, if ever. I really want a job.
As a doctor, Cora? Guess there's a ton of qualifications needed for that role. Is there anything you could fit in whilst learning?
I’ve finished my doctorate, as of June(I’m one of those scummy humanities doctors, not a medical doctor
). But now, with a doctorate in one of the more acceptable humanities/social sciences under my belt and four years of experience teaching varied subjects within my field, marking essays and exams, teaching students from first year to honours, there’s nary a sniff of a job.
I need publications to bolster my CV, but I also need to work 35 hours a week in a call centre to make ends meet, while preparing classes and lectures for the classes I do have, applying for anything that does come up, studying to become a fellow of the Higher Education Academy, applying for grants that I’m already at a disadvantage for getting as a formerly self-funded, non-affiliated graduate, attending conferences around the UK at weekends when I can afford to, etc.
I make it sound a lot grimmer than it is, of course, when I go on a woe-is-me rant. I think I’m just getting frustrated that I spent ten years trying to get the damn doctorate, and don’t even have a job to show for it 4-5 months after finishing.