Hey guys Alex Martin and this is my channel #StopBeingBusy
This week I'm going to be looking at University and here is the question...
Did you go to university to study, meet new people and give yourself
the best opportunity to get an amazing job... or did you go to university to drink
party and delay getting a full-time job for number 4 years.... hmmmmm
There isn't a right or wrong answer to this and I'm not trying to tell you that
you should go to university or you shouldn't go to university... But these are
just some of the things that will help you make a decision. It definitely would
have helped me when I was going to university as I didn't really have the
advice I just went and followed the majority because I thought that was the
thing that you have to do. Now if you want to be a doctor, an engineer or an
actuary, then of course you need to go to university. More often than not these industries are
regulated
and all that means is if you're passionate about doing
one of these careers you have to take a number of qualifications to get there...
simple!
However, how many people do you know that went to university knowing
exactly what job they wanted to do when they left? And here's another question
how many people do you know that I'm doing jobs that have nothing to do with
the degree that they did. This is exactly where I'm going with this video
from a young age, we are conditioned and told that we have to do a number of
things if we want to succeed in this world... You have to go to primary school
you have to be good - you need to get into a good secondary school. You go to
secondary school you need to get very good GCSEs then need to go to college.
You go to college, you get good A-Levels you go to university. Now if you
can't afford it you need to take out a loan which means that you're going to be
in debt for 'X' amount of years moving into the future...
We're gonna get into that a little bit more in the moment!
So you're doing your last year of your A-Levels
and there's BIG pressure to apply for University
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
So eventually, I got into Brighton University and I study Geography and that's actually something
that I really enjoy but I didn't know where will take me of
what you could actually do for me I just knew that I enjoyed the subject and I
would actually perform really well if I've got my head down and I stuck to it
and that is exactly what I did. Now here's the thing at the time geography
didn't necessarily translate into a job that I can do ironically everything that
I learned in human geography about trends, why people do things and data analysis
is so closely linked to social media marketing which is great so in the
long run my degree paid off...
but it took me 10 years to realise that I could use
my degree for my actual career.
The problem is a lot of people go to university and they don't find this link
but they still have this debt hanging over them!
People from the poorest backgrounds in the UK are eligible to
borrow more money from the government meaning they will get into more DEBT!
With individuals in this bracket graduate...
they could have a debt of £57,000
Is it worth racking up a debt of £57,000
only to get a job that pays £20,000
when you leave just to do what people say is right.
Now I just want to be clear. I actually fell into this bracket as well but luckily I went before the fees went up
Even though I didn't necessarily know why I wanted to do my degree I
learnt how to research, work with new people and drink copious amounts of alcohol...
I didn't necessarily do universities in the right way because I
didn't know what I wanted to achieve or what I wanted to do with my
Geography degree. All I knew is that I wanted to graduate with a half-decent mark and then
go on and get a 9-5 because this is what we're told to do.
At this point starting my own business didn't even cross my mind...
ME... START A BUSINESS?!?
If this thought even crossed my mind, I pushed it straight up because
we're always told...
You don't know the first thing about starting a business!
9 out of 10 businesses fail
You're stupid... Get a job!
How are you gonna start business you have no money!
You have no experience stop being stupid!
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
What are you doing?
What I've learnt is this all comes down to being scared and being
afraid to try new things.
If you fail, SO WHAT!
Nothing beats experience. You have to try new things to find out what
really works for you. If you don't you're just going to be stuck doing the same
thing and going along and accepting what people tell you to do.
Over the last years since leaving uni,
I have learned that you don't necessarily need a degree
to progress and be very successful in this world. How many of you work in an
industry where your degree is important? When I first came out of the University
and I was looking for jobs I would find jobs specs online.
I would look through them and if I didn't match exactly what was on the job spec,
I wouldn't apply for it. Now... having worked in recruitment, I realise that this is
just the filter to get rid of people who aren't confident in their own abilities or
are not willing to learn to get to where they need to be. Now if you get an interview
for a job that you don't necessarily have all of the experience for,
if you can prove to the hiring manager that you are are enthusiastic,
you're willing to learn, you're willing to help the business grow...
Guess what... YOU WILL GET THE JOB!
It's not necessarily all about having a qualifications. It comes down to you and being aware of yourself.
An area that is seeing RIDICULOUS GROWTH at the moment
is digital marketing in particular social media marketing
content marketing and anything that is to do with any of the social media platforms.
This can't really be taught at university because it evolves and changes so quickly.
If I told someone I wanted to get into this industry now and
they told me I had to go to university. You know what my answer would be...
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
WHY? Because there is so much information out there on the World Wide Web!
If you are willing to put the time into yourself and actually self study, there is so much you can achieve!
The way that I go into this industry is through data and data analytics.
I was looking for to digital marketing jobs... I didn't
necessarily know what I wanted to do but through Google
I found Google Analytics and guess what Google Analytics there was a free course
teaching you how to use the platform...
The reason they do that is because
Google want you to track data as much data as you can so they can compete
with their competitors. The more data they have the more they will grow, the
more they grow the more they take over. The more they take over... that's for another video...
I encourage you to use Google and YouTube to study.
Find videos that resonate with you. Find things that you
are interested in and learn a bit more about them.
Be proactive and #StopBeingBusy and get out there and start doing things.
The more things you try, the quicker you will grow and the quicker you'll be able to work out what
is you actually wanted to do.
So let's wrap this up.
University should I go, shouldn't I go?
As I said, I can't answer that it worked to me, it might not work for you!
You have to try things
If you are off to university this year and you have found this video useful,
Make sure you hit like make sure you subscribe and
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If you are in the working world and you went to university or you
didn't go to university it doesn't matter
make sure you share your comments below
Ask me any questions you have I'll be
more than willing to get back and I'm just really interested in finding out
what you did and how has helped you grow as an individual.
Now if that all said and done all I can say is
make sure you get out there try new things and...
STOP
BEING
BUSY
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