Take all opportunities, everything you can. That was my mistake – turning things down. Especially after university, companies do look at extra-curricular activities. You have to learn as you go to sell yourself. Try as much as you can to network, to find people who actually care about your progression.
“I recently graduated from De Montfort University with a business degree. I’m working, but not in the field that I wanted to work in…I didn’t know that [coming from a disadvantaged area] would affect my ability to get a job, but now I’m finding out that it might.”
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