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I thought an economics degree would lead to a job in banking, insurance or certain Government Departments e.g Australian Bureau of Statistics. At the very least I thought it would help land work in generic Government departments but obviously the recruiters prefer hiring 'pretty young things'...

At least I'm not the only one. I actually feel a bit better hearing that as I used to take it really personally.

Indeed! There should definitely be more collaboration between unis and corporations. The majority of people go to university so they come out with good career prospects after suffering a 4 year opportunity cost. The feedback from businesses is that universities aren't making graduates job ready...

I think you missed the part where I said I'm 'currently working in a menial job'. I've got an Economics degree with Honours but it's next to useless because I have no experience. It's an employers market out there. I graduated in 2012. Currently I'm working in administration and trying to work...

Employment among recent university graduates hits 20-year low http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2014/s4057073.htm Plus Rudd opened the flood gates and let every man and his dog study at uni so now we've got heaps more uni graduates to compete against.

Exactly. It's irritating to hear people whinging about work. There's thousands of unemployed graduates and thousands of other graduates (such as myself) working menial jobs because we never got the opportunity of a graduate program and don't have the experience to get hired by the private sector.