Having seen a blog on the DCMS website from a lady who has recently finished her internship, I can’t help feeling that my self confidence has been robbed.
Robbed? Who by?
It is not as simple as that. There were no jobs at all when I graduated in summer 2009. This makes me stronger, in some ways, than other people.
This all gets confusing when jobs that I would have applied for and similar are being picked up by people young than I am. I have no way of measuring my level as so far I have only worked professionally in a freelance capacity. Is it simply that there is no more room for young graduates in the arts? Or is it that they are able to offer something that in 2009, I couldn’t.
There are many skills that I can offer and I have gathered what I consider to be an impressive C.V. however I have no way of knowing how I measure up, in the workplace, with other people my age.
Noticing that there are now schemes, bursaries and a maternal look out for struggling graduates leaves me with mixed feelings. There was nothing like that when I was sleeping on couches and pulling pints.
All I can say, is that while, I am pleased for the fresher graduates, they are going to have a huge sock if our industry suffers any thing similar in the future.
Now my thoughts go back to the Hidden Project as I tackle the last leg of the challenge.
