CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATES IN EUROPEAN STUDIES OR IN LANGUAGES Careers Advisory Service, Fiona Corby, 2010

Agenda for Today

What do graduates in European Studies and/or Languages do?

Overview of career opportunities and useful links

CAS resources and how we can help

Examples of What Recent Graduates Have Gone on to Do: Senior Rights Manager – Hodder & Stoughton, John

Murray (Publishers) Research Officer – Design Wales Researcher – BBC Monitoring Service Internship in the Human Resources Dept of REXEL in

Paris Masters in International Relations Analyst – ESMERK Financial Manager – Barclays Capita Project Officer – Oxfam Delegation of the European Commission in Paraguay

A-Z of Careers

Accountant, Air Traffic Controller, Actor, Barrister, Broadcast Researcher, Banker, Business Analyst, Computer Programmer, Campaigns Organiser, Commodity Broker, Communications Officer, Critic, Development Officer, Education Officer, Editor, Executive Officer, Estate Manager, Events Organiser, Enterprise Manager, Food Buyer, Food Representative, Financial Analyst, Game Writer/Designer

A-Z of Careers

HE Lecturer, Human Resources Manager, Health Service Manager, Helicopter Pilot, Investment Banker, Information Manager, Intelligence Officer, Journalist (periodicals), Librarian, Legal Executive, Legal Secretary, Lexicographer, Literary Agent, Lobbyist, Local Government Administrator, Location Manager, Marketing Manager, Market Researcher, Museum Curator, Newspaper Journalist, Operations Manager, Office Manager, Outdoor Pursuits Manager, Pilot, Police Officer, Prison Manager, Publisher, Proof Reader

A-Z of Careers

Political Researcher, Patent Officer, Quality Controller, Researcher, Recycling Manager, Retail Buyer, Rural Surveyor, Solicitor, Statistician, Speech Therapist, Subtitle Editor, Transport Planner, Tourism Manager, Teacher, Tax Inspector, Video-Film Editor, Writer, Welfare Rights Advisor, Welfare (Animal) Officer, Web Designer, Youth Worker

Working for EU Institutions

Now recruiting for the following areas:

- European public administration, law, administration, economics, IT

See the following link for more information:www.eu-careers.eu

Working for Government Organisations The Foreign and Commonwealth

Office http://www.fco.gov.uk

/en/about-us/working-for-us/ MI6 -

http://www.mi6.gov.uk/output/careers-1.html

MI5 - https://www.mi5.gov.uk/careers Civil Service Fast Stream - http://

www.civilservice.gov.uk/jobs/faststream/index.aspx

Think Tanks

...a middle course in defining think tanks [is] as policy research organizations that have significant autonomy from government and from societal interests such as firms, interest groups, and political parties. However,...autonomy is a relative rather than an absolute term, and...the operational definition of think tanks must differ from region to region"

R. Kent Weaver and James G. McGann (eds.)2000. Think Tanks & Civil Societies. Catalysts for Ideas and Action. New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. pp. 4-5.

Think Tank Links

Southampton Solent University has a directory of useful links regarding Think Tanks: http://portal-live.solent.ac.uk/library/subject_guides/society/think_tank.aspx

EU Think Tank Directory: http://www.eu.thinktankdirectory.org/

Creative Careers: Advertising, Marketing and PR Advertising Association:

www.adassoc.org.uk www.dandad.org (short courses and

workshops) Chartered Institute of Marketing:

www.cim.co.uk Careers in Public Relations: www.ipr.org.uk Download profiles of different jobs at

www.prospects.ac.uk

How CAS Can Help

If you haven’t a clue as to what you want to do, make an appointment to see me. If you do know what you want to do, and want to know how to go about it, make an appointment to see me!

Services:- 15 minute Quick Query- 1 Hour in depth discussion

(make an appointment Tel. 0118 378 3455)

- When on year abroad make use of E-Guidance. Go to www.rdg.ac.uk/careers and click ‘Email a Careers Advisor’

- The Careers Resource Centre (first floor)

Prospects Planner

For advice on a career choice based on your personal likes and dislikes, go to..

www.prospects.ac.uk

…And click on ‘Prospects Planner’

Also has career profiles for hundreds of jobs plus information on further education.

CAS: Where to Find Us

Carrington Building, Whiteknights Campus

Tel: 0118 378 3455

www.rdg.ac.uk/careers

Course Careers Advisor: Fiona Corby

Useful Links

Reading University Job Shop – www.readingjobshop.co.uk

Prospects – www.prospects.ac.uk Target Jobs – www.targetjobs.co.uk Hobsons – www.get.hobsons.co.uk Guardian Jobs – www.jobs.guardian.co.uk For SEED, MASSIV and SOAR schemes

see the University website