But what if you're feeling less certain about your options? Or are curious about the industry, but have a degree in another subject area and are maybe a little apprehensive about stepping into the unknown?
If there's one thing I've learnt from my own career journey, it's how important it is to stay open-minded and to keep your options open to new opportunities.
In this first of two blog posts I share a little of my own personal experience - from school leaver to University student to job seeker - and all of which has paved the way to my current role as a Commercial Graduate at JJS Manufacturing.
For as long as I can remember I'd been adamant that I wanted to get a university degree.
I think this certainty was driven by seeing my Dad’s achievements (despite him not having a degree) all of which fueled my own personal motivation.
Of course, different things will influence different people, but my Dad's success was definitely a factor that spurred me on.
Funnily enough though, although I was determined to go to Uni I didn't feel overly pressured at school to make any big decisions about my future.
As important as I knew it was to be aware of different career paths and options, I just wasn’t 'drawn' to any of the suggestions.
So instead I decided to take my education day by day and leave all the ‘adult decisions’ for when I'd finished school.
Eventually though I reached the stage where I couldn't put off those big choices any longer.
What exactly was I going to study?
Should I pick my specialisation from the very start and hope I'd still be interested enough in it three or four years down the line?
Or should I try and keep my options open by choosing a degree with a wider variety of subject matter?
In the end I decided to go for a more generalised approach and enrolled in a degree in Business Management and Strategy.
Why business studies? Well, my thinking was, we'll always need business right?
And even if a business uses only robots in the future, we'll still surely need a human with the vision, ideas and strategy to drive things!
Having already moved out of home, and with bills to pay, my home life was set up exactly how I liked it, so I knew that I wanted to be able to commute to University.
I also knew that, being the social butterfly I am, living in halls might prove to be too much of a distraction for me!
Being able to combine full-time study with part-time paid work was another important consideration.
Fortunately, the University of Gloucestershire provided the solution. It was close enough for me to stay where I was living and it offered a full-time degree course over two days a week which meant I could combine my studies with part-time work.
Naturally though, things weren't always plain sailing. With two full days at Uni, a dedicated study day and working part-time, my plate was pretty full and I did sometimes find it hard to juggle relationships with friends.
A few of my school mates had also opted to forgo University altogether and go straight into full-time jobs within their chosen career path.
Seeing them forging their independence did occasionally leave me wondering if I'd be able to stick out three years of study - and if it would all pay off in the end.
Fortunately I did...and it did!
I finished my final year of my undergraduate degree on the 3rd June 2019.
I remember it well, as I don’t think I slept for a week, what with the worry of going over my dissertation time and time again.
My deadline was 9am and I was off on holiday with my Dad that evening to celebrate.
I should have been feeling over the moon. But I just felt lost and couldn't shake the feeling that I wasn’t ready to let go of university life.
It was in this moment though - in the realisation that I didn't want University life to end - that I knew with 100% certainty that I'd made the right decision to stick with my studies.
After a week’s break it was back to reality and time for the job hunt to commence.
I had it all worked out. I was interested in the beauty and fashion industry so I decided I’d send my CV to all the big brands that I loved, I'd hear back from them in a week and before I knew I'd have landed the job of my dreams…
Well, how wrong I was!
And how glad I am too, because here I am now - writing about my experiences in a full-time graduate position at an electronic manufacturing company.
So how exactly did I get my current role?
In my next post I'll talk you through each step of my experience of the Commercial Graduate recruitment process - from finding a suitable vacancy to submitting an application to nailing the interview process.
In the meantime too, if you're curious about what a career in the electronic manufacturing industry entails, you can check out our eBook on Employment Opportunities.