Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts?
Our daughter is 22 and has a 2:1 politics and history degree. When she left university she tried to get accepted on several graduate training programmes with the civil service, NHS, John Lewis etc and usually did very well on the tests except for maths, where she was always just a little below the line.
She has started an admin job which she hoped would be just a starter job to get her some experience and where she seems highly thought of. She was temporary but they have offered her the role permanently after only a month and frequently comment on how bright she is and that she could be doing something more demanding. But the company does not seem to offer any prospects.
Her problem now is what to apply for. She loved her uni courses but realises that she is not cut out for a career in politics. She is probably not the sales type, even though working has increased her confidence. But I worry that she has no clear idea of what to aim for. She thinks that working for a charity or local authority would be interesting and worthwhile but councils are cutting jobs and charities only ever seem to want “chuggers”!
She is keen to learn and I feel could apply herself if only she could figure out what to aim for.
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