Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Nashville Dreams & The use of my degree?

Hi guys! So for this week's post, I decided to kind of combine two topics. One thing that I am having some serious difficulties with is my career ( a fully loaded subject, I know).

Bachelor of Science in Biology - So What?


So as some of you know, I just recently graduated from the University of Victoria in Victoria, BC with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology. When I was in high school, I was told by many peers and faculty members that this degree would set me up for an unreal future and open many doors of opportunity and jobs. Well, I would like to say that didn't exactly pan out.

Currently, I am living in Kelowna, BC, which needless to say is not so much a "recent graduate job opening" mecca, but it's my hometown.  In saying that, my BSc isn't totally useless, I'm just having such a hard time finding a job that pertains remotely to my area of study. What I think should happen is that they prepare high school grads for this hardship and advertise the need to get more involved in campus activities and networking. The only faculty at UVIC that has strong emphasis on this was the BComm faculty and all others advertised very little when it came to university involvement.  Because I had to work full time to put myself through school, I was unable to partake in a lot of involvement through the university and that may be why I wasn't as "engaged".

Its just funny to me that I have paid well over 25000$ for this degree that I can barely even use to get a restaurant serving job which if I had just worked there in the time that I was in school, I would be in better shape financially and without the debt.

Aside from this, I am fortunate to even have a job at all, but I just feel as if I am wasting my education. Does anyone else share my pain, or maybe am I just an exception and need to be patient?

Nashville & My Dream 

So in light of the theme of my blog, Music, I feel the need to include something that is in relation to that so I thought I would share my plans to visit my own graceland, Nashville, Tennessee. So in the last few weeks I have been trying to write something meaningful lyrically and convince my talented and amazing friend Matt to come with me! Honestly How amazing is Nashville to anyone who has gone? 

 I previously have said I wanted to move there and try to pursue my music career, however I think I need to figure out my life first. I love music but I am a practical human and I do know I need to get my life sorted first!

So here would be my ideal

Get some money to pay off my school debt so I can start fresh -Acupuncture school next?
Buy a guitar (and learn to play it)
Convince Rob to move to Nashville with me in an apartment near Music Row
Find a job doing something to finance my music aspirations
Kill it at the Bluebird then take off from there!
oh and also buy a golden retriever puppy!

:D I hope hope hope!

Maybe a pipe dream, but its still a dream!

<3 love you all,
S.

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  1. whitney - see shop eat do29 May 2013 at 09:13

    Hi Stacey, I just came to your blog since you posted it on Facebook. You're not alone! Everyone feels stressed after university and it's hard to figure out what to do. Since you didn't really get the chance to meet people/network in school, my suggestion is to identify jobs and companies that you think are interesting or would want to work for, and then email people there and just introduce yourself and ask how they got started and sort of explain that you aren't sure how to get started in the field and if they have any advice. In my experience, people LOVE to help out others and give advice. People also like to be flattered!

    It could be someone with your dream job - just send them an email (try to find it on Linked In, or the company website, or call them and ask the email format). I promise that a lot of people will write back, and even if they can't exactly offer you a job, they will then have you in mind and you'll also have some advice to think about! Another thing to do is reach out to any interesting companies (not sure what they would be in kelowna...are you thinking of moving to vancouver or back to victoria or anything?) and try to get an internship. The best thing to do is get some experience, and an internship would likely be just a few days a week so you could also work part time serving or wherever you are.

    Hope this helps at least a little bit?

    Whitney

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    1. Unknown8 June 2013 at 00:19

      Hi Whitney! Thank you so much for the advice. I am searching out some awesome companies around Calgary to try and scope out and get into contact with some people. I know i share the pain, it's just been tough you know! Thank you for the advice and for taking the time to look at my blog! Hope all is well with you :)

      Stacey

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  2. Unknown29 May 2013 at 09:15

    oops in case you're not sure, this is from whitney cosgrave (we used to work together at earls a long time ago!!)

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