c areers after university your name here! also put your subject and college, and maybe where...

CAREERS AFTER UNIVERSITYYour name here!Also put your subject and College, and maybe where you’re originally from…

Date goes here!

INTRODUCTION

• What students do after they graduate• What qualifications certain jobs need• Your course does not restrict your career

• About us:– Put any other info about yourself here you may

have not had space for earlier…

ACTIVITY!

• Write down three jobs you’d like to have– It can be anything!• Lawyer, doctor, consultant, pilot, lumberjack...

• Write down why you’d like to have that job– Try and think of multiple reasons if you can• Is it for the money, the variety, something you’re

passionate about?

• What qualifications or training do you think you’ll need to have that job?

WHAT DO GRADUATES ACTUALLY DO?

• Destination of Leavers from Higher Education– 6 months after graduating

• 96% in employment or further study

WHAT DO GRADUATES ACTUALLY DO?

Engineering

WHAT DO GRADUATES ACTUALLY DO?

English

SOME CAREERS NEED SPECIFIC DEGREES…

• Doctor / Nurse– Medicine / Nursing

• Architect– Architecture

• Vet– Veterinary Medicine

• Interpreter / Translator– Modern Languages

International aid worker?

Town planner?

Journalist?

Environmental consultant?

…BUT MOST DON’T!

LawTeachingBusiness

Journalism and PublishingPublic Administration

ITAccountancy and Finance

Consultancy…and loads more!

THINK YOU NEED LAW TO BE A LAWYER?

THINK YOU NEED ECONOMICS TO WORK FOR A BANK?

WHAT DID THESE PEOPLE STUDY?

JESS ENNISPsychology

FRANK OCEANEnglish

ANGELA MERKELPhysics

DARA O’BRIAINMaths & Theoretical Physics

MARK PRICEArchaeology

DIANE ABBOTT MPHistory

MORAL OF THE STORY…

• Don’t get too hung up on what your degree means for your future career– Don’t worry if you don’t have a concrete plan!– There are comparatively few jobs for which there

is only one “correct” degree

• The most important thing is to choose a course you’re interested in, and which you’ll enjoy!

WANT TO FIND OUT MORE?

www.study.cam.ac.uk

www.prospects.ac.uk

www.ucas.com

www.hecsu.ac.uk

www.applytocambridge.com

Apply for the CUSU Shadowing Scheme!Applications for the 2015 Scheme (late

Jan-early Feb) open in October 2014www.applytocambridge.com/

shadowing

University Careers Services

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

www.applytocambridge.comaccess@cusu.cam.ac.uk