Mum said: "graduate schemes are glorified apprenticeships meant for A Level students".

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Her points:
  • Graduate schemes don't allow you to grow. In most cases they kick you out after 2 years.
  • Back in her generation, you could get onto "graduate" schemes with three A Levels.
  • Apprenticeships for A Level leavers provide you with exactly the same training as graduate schemes.
  • Most graduate schemes overwork you for 22k-30k especially in FTSE 100 companies. The higher the pay, the more they'll overwork you.
  • You're stuck on the same salary for 3 years and can't go to another job after a year for growth.
  • You have to do verbal, numerical, reasoning tests, group interviews, only to be rejected.
  • Most of these jobs are in major cities where you have to spend your salary on rent.
Her advice to zoomers: don't fall for this trap.

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Shes not wrong at all
 
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If you’ve already done your degree then you don’t really have a choice you need to get experience where you can. Ideally during your degree you would do summer internships or take a gap year after a level and do the apprenticeships/internships you mentioned.
 
Your mom is smart.
 
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She is a smart lady.
My mom is the opposite. Wants me to go into debt for school despite not saving a penny for me to afford it jfl.
 
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My mom is the opposite. Wants me to go into debt for school despite not saving a penny for me to afford it jfl.
Can you do apprenticeships?
 
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Can you do apprenticeships?
I’m getting my CDL when I turn 21 next year. Gonna truckdrivermaxx and invest into real estate. I did decent in college, even was accepted to the best public uni in my state but it’s too expensive. And I had to leave.
 
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I’m getting my CDL when I turn 21 next year. Gonna truckdrivermaxx and invest into real estate. I did decent in college, even was accepted to the best public uni in my state but it’s too expensive. And I had to leave.
Good choice. Sometimes it's not worth going to an expensive uni and racking up all the debt.
However for a lot of high-paid jobs they require you to have a degree...
 
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don’t listen to the autists here and become a plumber or some shit. It depends on the type of graduate scheme you do. For example, if you want to get into IB or finance with a blue-chip, or Big Law, graduate schemes are pretty much pre-requisites and those places usually also retain their graduates.

You will also be paid pretty decently for first job out of uni - I was paid 55k base Y1 and 60k base Y2; pay tripled thereafter.

Save as much as you can and get your surgeries or invest.
 

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