Life After Keele

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Life After Keele

• Sarah Longwell
• Careers Adviser
• Keele University Careers Service

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What do Graduates do? History

• Civil Servant, Customs and Excise
• Digital Archivist, Wedgewood Museum
• Legal Assistant, Avalon Solicitors
• MA Broadcast Journalism
• PGCE
• Radio/Media Reporter, RNLI
• Trainee Auditor, Audit Commission
• Support Worker, High School

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What do Graduates do?Politics

• Administrative Assistant, UK Immigration Service
• Analyst, National Assembly of Wales
• Debt Management, HSBC
• EFL Teacher, South Korea
• Intern, MP
• MA Global Security
• Support Teacher, High School
• Trainee Advisor, CAB
• PGCE

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What do Graduates do?Physical Geography

• Environmental Technician, Ential Projects
• Geotechnical Engineer, STATS Ltd.
• Police Communications Officer, N Yorkshire Police
• Sampling Technician, Severn Trent
• Trainee Property Officer, Leicester Housing
  Association
• Sales Assistant, W H Smith

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What do graduates do?
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Graduate Employment Myths

• Degree Good Job
• Graduates only work for big blue chip companies
  who recruit through the milkround
• Taking a non vocational degree will limit my
  chances in the job market
• It doesnt matter what AS/A2 grades I have - its
  the degree that counts

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What do employers value?

• Academic qualifications
• Voluntary work
• Work experience
• Positions of responsibility and extra curricular
  activities

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What do employers want?

• A good degree
• People skills - team work, interpersonal,
  communication, leadership
• Self-reliance skills - motivation, networking,
  decision making
• General skills - problem solving, numeracy,
  commitment
• Specialist and technical skills

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Making the most of 1000 days_at_keele

• Enjoy your academic programme - take the
  opportunities that are on offer
• Be an active student - join clubs and societies
• Research your career ideas -organise relevant
  work experience
• Develop skills through any part-time jobs you
  have
• Reflect upon your skills and record them

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Keele Careers Service

• Individual interviews and quick query drop in
  sessions
• Talks and workshops including employer
  presentations
• Resource Room with information and staff to help
• Up to date website
• www.keele.ac.uk/depts/aa/careers/index.html

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• Any Questions?