Post on 11-Jan-2016
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