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The University of KentCareers and Employability
Service
English Language and Linguistics Careers
Bruce Woodcock University of Kent Careers and Employability [email protected] You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm
“Students in their first or second year at university need to ask themselves what job they want to do.
It’s important that they do not wait until their final year to think about finding a job, especially in the current market”.
Sarah Shillingford, Graduate Recruitment Partner, Deloitte
The more you enjoy university life, the more you’ll get out of it. Employers like you to have what they call “customer-facing experience”. You’ll get loads of that if you take a part-time job or work as a student volunteer. It’s a terrific help if you can understand how businesses work, show you can get things done and apply simple common sense. It was my work experience that gave me all these things, not my academic course. Kate, marketing officer with a PR agency
Join three university societies and become actively involved in at least one.
Alan Richardson, Graduate Recruitment, Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Skills gained on an English Language and Linguistics Degree
ELL graduates are attractive to many employers because of their:
• Analytical reasoning• Critical thinking & argumentation• Verbal skills: good handling of oral &
written language, ability to understand & analyse subtle differences in spoken & written form
• Communication skills: awareness of different styles and registers, and of intercultural differences in language use
• IT skills: use of basic software (e.g. Word, Powerpoint, Excel), social media, and discipline specific software (e.g. Praat).
One third of graduate jobs accept any degree subject.
BECAUSE:• Learn new skills quickly• Analyse & solve problems• Communicate well• Open to new ideas,
adaptable and flexible• “Managers of change”
• Marketing and Sales• Retailing• Social Work• Personnel• Civil Service• Accountancy• Banking• Computing
Your final year is too late to start your career planning!• Check you campus emails as I will send
you emails on vacation work etc. on Mondays
• Start your career planning well before your final year. Students who start early get the best jobs!
• Careers talks www.kent.ac.uk/careers/casevents.htm
What can I do with an English Language and Linguistics Degree?www.kent.ac.uk/careers/linguistics-careers.htm
Comparative Literature Careerswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/cls.htm
Example CVswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/cvexamples.htm
Bruce WoodcockEmail: [email protected]
CHOOSING A CAREER
• CHOOSING A CAREER www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Choosing/ChoosingCareer.htm
and booklet available from Careers Service.
• Prospects Planner - powerful career choice program. www.prospects.ac.uk/links/Pplanner
• I Want to work in ….. www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin.htm
Postgraduate Study
• MA taught – 1 year Sept to June – lectures, June to Sept – dissertation.
• PhD – 3 years. Must do an MA first.
• PGCE (teacher training) 1 year: about 6% of grads
• See www.kent.ac.uk/careers/postgradmenu.htm
VACANCIES
University of Kent Vacancy Database
www.kent.ac.uk/ces/vacancies.html
Work Experience - see
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/vacwork.htm
OTHER TALKS
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/casevents.htm
Applications and Interviews
• Humanities CV: must be targeted at the job! www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/English-cv.htm
• Media CV www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/mediacv.htm
• Covering Letters
• Practice Interviews – journalism, teaching, marketing, HR, postgrad study etc.www.kent.ac.uk/careers/interviews/mockivs.htm
• Application, interview and selection centre videos www.kent.ac.uk/careers/IntVid.htm
Moodle Careers Employability Award Assessed by a range of quizzes and assignments
Only 2% unemployment rate for students completing the award compared to 5% for other Kent students.
Will greatly improve your career planning and jobhunting skills, giving you strategies to make career choices and will increase your chances of getting a graduate level job.
Takes about 12 hours to complete
On completion you will get a University of Kent Careers Employability Award to add to your CV
Get 60 Kent Employability points for successful completion of the module.
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm
www.kent.ac.uk/careers Telephone: 01227 823299 Email: [email protected]
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9 to 5 including vacations
Drop-in times (no appointment needed): 10.30 to 12.30 & 2 to 4 pm
The University of KentCareers and Employability
Service
Bruce Woodcock University of Kent Careers and Employability [email protected] You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm
