u/Namza1004

Final year finance student looking to break into Quantity Surveying/corporate construction without a QS degree.

What would you realistically recommend I do over the next 12 months to position myself best for grad roles?

I’m studying Finance & Business Management, but I’ve realised I’m more interested in commercial construction/property side careers rather than pure finance.

I’m aware I’m at a disadvantage compared to straight QS students, so I’m trying to be strategic rather than delusional.

I’ve just finished second year studying Finance and recently started seriously looking into Quantity Surveying as a career path after uni.

The commercial side of construction, contracts, costing, procurement and project side of things is something I can genuinely see myself in long term, especially coming from a finance/business background.

Right now I’m focused on using this next year properly before graduating and putting myself in the best position possible to break into the industry once uni finishes.

Would love to hear from people already in QS, especially anyone who came from a non-construction background or entered the industry through a different route.

Any advice, experiences or things you wish you knew earlier would genuinely help.

Appreciate it guys.

I’m honestly fed up at this point.

I’m about to qualify as a paediatric nurse and I’ve got nothing lined up. No job, barely any responses, just constant applications into the void. Meanwhile everywhere you look it’s “we’re short on nurses”.

So which one is it?

Because right now it feels like:
- There’s a “shortage” but no one wants to hire newly qualified nurses
- You need experience before you’ve even started
- And you’re just left stressing about bills and real life while waiting around

I didn’t go through 3 years of placements, travel, and stress just to end up stuck like this. Feels like I’ve wasted £15k+ a year for what?

I trained in paeds but I’m open to other areas at this point if it means getting started and progressing.

Right now it just feels like we’re not even needed, even though the system says otherwise.

Thank you for listening to my rant.