"I want to do (X highly specific job). That's what my Degree is for." "Well, there isn't anything like that in this town, the nearest business that does that is fifteen miles away, I could try calling them and seeing if they'll take you on for a two week work trial, like work experience you did at school?" "I'm not doing two weeks work for nothing!" "You'll still get your benefit." "But I'll be working and not getting paid!" "Well, how about we write a spec letter, send off your CV, try and set up an interview, then you can at least get an idea of what that industry is looking for nowadays?" "I can't travel fifteen miles!" "Not even as a one-off? Someone can come with you." "No! It's fifteen miles!" "If you got a job there you'd have to travel, unless you moved house." "I'm not moving house!" "Well, shall we look at jobs nearer to your home then?" "But my degree is for (X highly specific job)..." (a sadly not-uncommon conversation from my working days)