the university of kent careers & employability service careers with a degree in comparative...
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The University of KentCareers & Employability Service
Careers with a degree in Comparative Literature/English
Language and Linguistics
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One third of graduate jobs accept any degree subject.
BECAUSE:• Learn new skills
quickly• Analyse & solve
problems• Communicate well• Open to new ideas,
adaptable and flexible• “Managers of change”
• Marketing and Sales
• Retailing• Social Work• Personnel• Civil Service• Accountancy• Banking• Computing
Humanities Degree Skills
• ability to write well in a variety of styles.
• to organise your work and meet tight deadlines.
• to convey meaning precisely.
• to summarise, argue and debate.
• to research, select, analyse, organise and present information.
• to think logically.
• EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNICATION!
“Would you say their are any skill shortages in the UK for actuary's ie their enough out their, is their a shortfall of any kind of actuary?” In an email from an HBOS HR manager to me!
CLS/Language
What can I do with my degree subject?
• What graduates in your subject did after leaving Kent
• Jobs related to your subject
• Employers and vacancy sources
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cls.htm
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/fdrbases/2012ughum.htm#lang
CHOOSING A CAREER
• CHOOSING A CAREER www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Choosing/ChoosingCareer.htm and booklet available from Careers Service.
• Prospects Planner - powerful career choice program. www.prospects.ac.uk/links/Pplanner
• I Want to work in ….. www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin.htm
Postgraduate Study
• MA taught – 1 year Sept to June – lectures, June to Sept – dissertation.
• Research MA 1 to 2 years – often part-time
• PhD – 3 years. Must do an MA first.
• PGCE (teacher training) 1 year: about 6% of grads
• See www.kent.ac.uk/careers/postgradmenu.htm
Postgraduate study
• Not much funding available for MA. Fees are about £5,000. At Kent get £1,000 graduate school scholarship reduction
• Many students work for a year to fund it or do it part-time whilst working
• Consider vocational MA – journalism, publishing, business, HR etc.
• Normally apply middle of final year. No UCAS can apply to as many course as you wish to – 3 or 4 is normal
Graduate Application Form Questions• Describe a challenging situation which
required your persuasive skills and your ability to organise other people in order to reach a successful resolution.
• Describe how your personal planning and organisation resulted in a successful achievement of a personal or group task.
• Describe a situation where you had to work effectively as a member of a team. What were the team’s aims? How was the team selected? What was your role?
Skills gained with a Humanities Degree: sell these in your applications!
• ability to write well in a variety of styles.
• to convey meaning precisely.
• to summarise, argue and debate.
• to plan, organise and meet tight deadlines.
• to research, select, analyse, organise and present information.
• to think clearly and logically and solve problems.
• To gather, assess, interpret and critically evaluate.
• EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNICATION!“Would you say their are any skill shortages in the UK for actuary's ie their enough out their, is their a shortfall of any kind of actuary?” In an email from an HR manager to me!
VACANCIES
University of Kent Vacancy Database
www.kent.ac.uk/ces/vacancies.html
Work Experience - see
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/vacwork.htm
OTHER TALKS
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/casevents.htm
Applications and Interviews
• Humanities CV: must be targeted at the job! www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/English-cv.htm
• Media CV www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/mediacv.htm
• Covering Letters
• Practice Interviews – journalism, teaching, marketing, HR, postgrad study etc.www.kent.ac.uk/careers/interviews/mockivs.htm
• Application, interview and selection centre videos www.kent.ac.uk/careers/IntVid.htm
Other Points
• Check you campus emails regularly as I will send you emails most Mondays!
• Apply early in your final year if you want a graduate training scheme with a “big” company, advertising, marketing, HR or primary teaching.
• Applications and interviews
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/applicn.htm
Location of the Careers Service
Open 5 to 5 Monday to Friday including vacations
BRUCE WOODCOCK
• A careers adviser is on duty for short (15 minute) consultations in the Careers and Employability Service any weekday morning 10.30-12.30 or afternoon from 2 pm to 4 pm. You don't need an appointment to see the duty adviser at these times. Just ask at Careers Reception to see them.
• If you need longer ring our reception on 01227 823299 to make an appointment for interview.
• Email: [email protected]
Careers Employability Award on Moodle
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm
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