Career opportunities for European studies students

A-Z of Careers Accountant, Air Traffic Controller, Actor, Barrister, Broadcast Researcher, Banker, Business Analyst, Computer Programmer, Campaigns Organiser, Commodity Broker, Communi

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATES IN

EUROPEAN STUDIES OR

IN LANGUAGES

Careers Advisory Service, Fiona Corby, 2010

Agenda for Today

European Studies and/or

Languages do?

opportunities and useful links

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

administrat

ion, law,

administrat

ion,

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/career s-1.html

 MI5 - https://www.mi5.gov.uk/careers

 Civil Service Fast Stream - http://

www.civilservice.gov.uk/jobs/faststr eam/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/subjec t_guides/society/think_tank.aspx

 EU Think Tank Directory: http://

www.eu.thinktankdirectory.org/

Creative Careers: Advertising, Marketing and PR

www.adassoc.org.uk

 www.dandad.org (short courses and

workshops)

www.cim.co.uk

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