[SlinkyMalinki]

Do you have one? What did you go on to do?

[knittingkitten]

I did and now work as a technical writer.

[suziej]

I did - mine was a Bachelor of Bullshot (Business Communication) and I went on to work in advertising for a few years until I jumped off the greasy pole of career success and chose other lifestyle options. It occasionally helps in certain roles I pick up, but if I had a do-over, I would have had a gap year and worked out who I really wanted to be when I grew up first.

[farfaraway]

I became a teacher. Not in media or communications! I think it's becoming a bit like an Arts degree TBH. If you want to work in the industry it is incredibly cut-throat and competitive. The degree will help, but connections, work experience, being prepared to slave away will help more.

[kwiggle]

Yes - I'm a doctor. I started medical school immediately after finishing "first uni".

[ManyHats]

I graduated with BA Arts in Communication (Public Relations) and I now work in a federal government department. Nothing in relation to my degree but I was able to use the skills I acquired in my degree in this job.

I had initially started looking for jobs in the PR/Media/Marketing field but there's not much, very competitive and the pay isn't great (you're looking at earning in the 40k's if you apply to the smaller agencies as a graduate). Even worse if you're doing Journalism and wanting to be a journalist - so I have HEARD from recent Journalism grads.

This post has been edited by ManyHats: 10/02/2013, 07:16 AM

[SlinkyMalinki]

Basically what I'd like to do is freelance writing - maybe copywriting, or online blogging, or working with social media.

I definitely want to work from home (hours don't bother me) or no more than 20 hours a week part time out of home.

I don't need to earn major money, but enough to bring in something.

Am I dreaming?

[mombasa]

I have a Bachelor of Arts Communication, I worked as a print Journalist for a Regional Newspaper and a Broadcast Researcher for a Metro TV station. I'm now a SAHM, pay was terrible, job worse. I really disliked the media.

[Guest_Dinah_Harris_*]

This is what I do, Slinky. I'm doing a Masters degree in Writing, Editing and Publishing as I want to set up a publishing company. At the moment I write articles and blog posts and edit mostly fiction work. I don't have a communications degree but I have built up cred in the industry. It is more about building a good reputation than having a certain degree, in my experience.
If you want to study, maybe look at a degree that can be more widely used?

[SlinkyMalinki]

I'm currently in my second year of an Education degree. I love some of the aspects of it - the subject matter is interesting to me. I really enjoy the research and writing assignments. I particularly like creatively planning and writing lesson plans.

I'm currently petrified of being stuck in a room full of kids.