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Originally Posted by Fritillary  I have just finished my phd in Ecology and your commentary worries me 
I found very difficult even to find a volunteer job. I am very enthusiast and I have left happy bosses with my part time jobs. However always looking for a volunteer job or a paid job in nature it is just too difficult. They ask too many things that I wonder if I will have a job one day in this sector. Sometimes I have the impression that the jobs given are only for a exclusive circle of people related.  Maybe the children of someone that work in a reserve have more posibilities than someone coming from the exterior.... I just wonder 
How we can get more experience if they never want to give jobs to people without too much experience? |
Please forgive me for being honest here. Do you originate from outside the UK? I ask because your grammar is not very good and I have to wonder if that's one of the reasons why you haven't been able to get a job. With so many graduates and above looking for work now, employers can pick exactly what they want, so it is essential to show competence at all levels.
To Sophiemay - have you tried organisations like the National Trust or the National Parks? Bodies like this are expecting to employ graduates for even lowly jobs (I nearly wrote shovelling xexexexexe!), but once on the ground floor, there's opportunity for advancement.