that's it uni is over......
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Congrats Mike, you've done the right thing, I didn't start uni until I was 22 and had found something I actually wanted to learn and do for a living. The days of landing a City job with a psychology degree are long gone, racking up 10k+ a year in debts is madness unless you're doing something vocational these days. Far too many graduates with no idea what they want to do.
Congrats on finishing - the final few weeks are pretttty painful, makes you really wish you'd worked harder for the previous few years 
Definitely take a bit of time to chill out, once you start working.. you don't stop 
Figure out what your ideal job is as best you can - then chase it. Anything is definitely possible, so aim high. Speaking from experience, you're now at the one time in your life where you can genuinely do anything you want... Don't just apply to big name companies because they're big name companies unless you really can't think of anything else to do.
On the other hand, if all you've ever dreamt of doing is auditing companies as a consultant on behalf of E&Y/PWC/KPMG .. go for it. Some do look great on the CV, and people definitely do forge reasonably successful careers there, i have a few friends who have/did (though personally I would rather fork my own eyes 9-5, so maybe take my advice with a pinch of salt).
The only thing i can say really is that your first job will most likely affect your second job, and your first job could be 1 year, or 10. If you don't know exactly what you want to do yet, something that teaches you a broad skillset and has lots of exposure to different things maybe pretty valuable. Tangible skills are valuable in a market where roles that aren't 100% required get culled, and equally as a Graduate, don't just look at Grad Schemes - they attract the most candidates per role by a long way, and often the selection process is pretty medieval (even if you were the best candidate out of 100, and your CV isn't perfect, you wont even get a look in..).
Anyone you know who has recently (in the last 2-5 years) done the same process/jump/move will also be best placed to give you advice, the more you speak to the better your base of opinions will be on which to forge your own plan from.
Good luck
Definitely take a bit of time to chill out, once you start working.. you don't stop Figure out what your ideal job is as best you can - then chase it. Anything is definitely possible, so aim high. Speaking from experience, you're now at the one time in your life where you can genuinely do anything you want... Don't just apply to big name companies because they're big name companies unless you really can't think of anything else to do.
On the other hand, if all you've ever dreamt of doing is auditing companies as a consultant on behalf of E&Y/PWC/KPMG .. go for it. Some do look great on the CV, and people definitely do forge reasonably successful careers there, i have a few friends who have/did (though personally I would rather fork my own eyes 9-5, so maybe take my advice with a pinch of salt).
The only thing i can say really is that your first job will most likely affect your second job, and your first job could be 1 year, or 10. If you don't know exactly what you want to do yet, something that teaches you a broad skillset and has lots of exposure to different things maybe pretty valuable. Tangible skills are valuable in a market where roles that aren't 100% required get culled, and equally as a Graduate, don't just look at Grad Schemes - they attract the most candidates per role by a long way, and often the selection process is pretty medieval (even if you were the best candidate out of 100, and your CV isn't perfect, you wont even get a look in..).
Anyone you know who has recently (in the last 2-5 years) done the same process/jump/move will also be best placed to give you advice, the more you speak to the better your base of opinions will be on which to forge your own plan from.
Good luck
congrats ........ Don't limit yourself, cast the net really wide and think off the wall, every major corporation employs it's own genius's and are more than willing to give young'uns a start ......
Word of wisdom some old bloke gave me in my yoof .... If you do what everybody else is doing, you will only ever earn the same as everyone else ....