<prompt> Human: I am starting to feel so discouraged about my situation. My degree cannot seem to get me further than 36k a year  <response>: The graduate markets are absolutely flooded at the moment, you should take what you can get, 36,000 a year in a relevant field is better than working in a non-related field.When I graduated from Uni with my Accounting degree the Job i managed to land paid 36,000. Considering that in Australia right now 13 Accounting grads wont find a graduate job I took it.After 12 months I had preformed well and I had received a pay rise to 45,000. 11 Months later, with the skills I acquired and the good grades in my CPA exams I left the firm for my dream job accounting job.Moral of the story, focus on getting into your desired industry and building your skills. The money will come later. 