{"id":3412,"date":"2025-08-11T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=3412"},"modified":"2025-08-15T15:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:29:11","slug":"with-another-academic-year-over-there-are-thousands-more-young-people-struggling-to-find-an-architecture-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/with-another-academic-year-over-there-are-thousands-more-young-people-struggling-to-find-an-architecture-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"“With another academic year over, there are thousands more young people struggling to find an architecture practice”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For people graduating from architecture school<\/a>\u00a0to have a better experience of navigating the job market, change is required at all levels, writes Sana Tabassum<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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No matter who you speak to in the architecture profession \u2013 established architects, people who have switched careers, graduates who finished their education just before the pandemic \u2013 they all have the same take on the job market: it’s awful.<\/strong> For those now entering the field, the situation looks tougher than ever.<\/p>\n

Practices are increasingly asking for experience even for the most entry-level roles, leaving graduates in an impossible position. The only chance of getting said experience is hoping that a director or practice takes a chance on you. That makes things even harder for people of colour or from disadvantaged backgrounds, who are less likely to have industry contacts to draw on.<\/p>\n

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Most have received almost no guidance on how to put together a portfolio<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With another academic year over, there are now thousands more young people in the UK struggling to find the practice for them. Most have received almost no guidance on how to put together a portfolio or write a cover letter, and there are few useful established networks for them to look to for advice.<\/p>\n

Early in my career I spent a year trying to find (and finally settling for) my first job in architecture, only to realise the job wasn’t what I had thought at all. With no background or mentor figures to look up to, feeling like I didn’t fit into the studio culture and struggling to keep up with the vast amount of information I had to learn, I was a little out of my depth.<\/p>\n

After having 10 interviews over the course of the year with still no job in sight, I figured it was time to invest in myself and learn how to write a blog, design my own website and create content. To my surprise, sharing my design insights and productivity methods garnered quite a lot of attention online, and making content became a ritual.<\/p>\n