u/Heyshampowerstation

i can successfully get to the interview stage for many many forest manager roles and my previous forestry operative/tree planting experience combined with my newly aquired degree seems to get many bites but i seem to fall flat post interview and the application is never successful (despite very good feedback for the interviews!) which leads me to believe 2 things:

current grad schemes are too competitive for most “normal” graduates (and many are not willing to help relocate and choose closer applicants!)

the market for forest managers must be overstaturated (despite what ive been told countless times!!)

i have even been invited up to inverness for a site visit after a good interview (they paid for everything room, fuel, food) and i thought for SURE i had that one? I was one of 3!!! Applicants to the job?!

im at my wits end. any ideas? Thanks

Not to go too much into personal details but im due to graduate in 2 months and after tons of interviews, second interviews, and a concerning amount of rejection letters, its true. graduates have minimal prospects. im in an employable field too that youre told “always has jobs” (forest management).

whats more concerning is after seeing the working environments of some of the companies that rejected me in the second interview stage, i dont even know if i want to work anymore.

i dont want to do min wage exploitation work,

and i cant get grad jobs. and those grad jobs probably cant wait to exploit a newly graduated student.

this mindset is putting a strain on personal relationships as well, and could possibly end them in the future if im not “earning a living” that isnt a student loan maintenence grant.

i cant take it. The world isnt even a good place right now, i dont want to work in it.

anyone feel the same, in an unwinnable catch-22?