Peeps, the job papers are BARE. Looks like the only way I can feasibly work in media in the next year is to get a job in.. *puke*... Media Sales. To be honest it might be a lovely job. I'm not completely sure what it entails. But it sounds like cradling a phone under your ear for six months, listening to ad agents remind you that it's a very difficult financial position, and no they're not keen to spend their cash on adverts in your publication, thanksverymuch.

List of things you can work as during the credit crunch:

• Media sales executive
• Kibbutzer - agricultural work, darning socks, looking after kibbutzettes (little kibbutzers)
• Start up a business selling home-made draft-excluders out of newspaper and old pairs of tights
• Publish an 'under-a-fiver' recipe book. Actually, this is rather old hat - other possible titles may include, 'baking with tinned goods', '101 ways with lentils', 'toast for dinner again! yay!'.
• Insolvency Consultant, Mainly Working In The Field. I.e., bailiff. Must bring own bovver boots and cold dead heart.
• Financial journo. Say what you like, as a lot of people probably still think that they won't be affected by the recession. Also, may become National Credit Crush, à la Robert Peston.

• Housing, career or financial advisor: advise those bearing the brunt of the economic crisis, and thus save your own interests

All in all, I can't say that the recession looks like fun for anyone. Graduates are surprisingly well-placed in the grand scheme of things. Few of us own property, few have dependants and most are welcome to live in and work from their parents' place. Employment-wise, we've got degrees - and if we can't find work, we're in a good position to reconsider postgrad study. I don't have a lot to complain about today. In fact, I'd rather be a media sales exec than sign on.

On that note; signing off...