What am I going to do after my degree?

Catherine Reynolds, Careers and Employability Centre

What am I going to do after my degree?

The session will cover..• Ideas for life after university• Skills from your academic life• Value of wider student experience• Resources and information for further help

Ideas for life after university

Determined by a mixture of multiple factors:• ?• ?• ?• ?• ?• ?• ?• ?

Exploring your options

• Finding out about the labour market

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/careerchoices/researchingcareers

• Finding out what suits you

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/careerchoices/interests

Skills from your academic life

• Building a range of skills and knowledge throughout your course

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/careerchoices/yourdegree

• www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/gettingexperience/firstyears

Skills from your wider student experience• Part time, work experience, vacation and voluntary work• Undergraduate internships• Student societies• Community groups in Brighton

Resources and information for further help• Alumni Careers Network• upReach• Short interviews with a careers adviser• Careers events www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/newsandevents/

• FGS resources www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/aboutus/students/firstgeneration

• Today!

Catherine Reynolds c.m.reynolds@sussex.ac.uk