1. The University of Kent Careers and Employability Service English Language and Linguistics Careers Bruce Woodcock University of Kent Careers and Employability Service bw@kent.ac.uk You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm

2. “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

3. 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

4. Skills gained on an English Language and Linguistics Degree ELL graduates are attractive to many employers because of their: Analytical reasoning Critical thinking & argumentationargumentation Verbal skills: good handling of oral & written language, ability to understand & analyse subtle differences in spoken & written formVerbal skills Communication skills: awareness of different styles and registers, and of intercultural differences in language useCommunication skills: IT skills: use of basic software (e.g. Word, Powerpoint, Excel), social media, and discipline specific software (e.g. Praat).IT skills:

5. 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

8. 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 www.kent.ac.uk/careers/casevents.htm

9.  What can I do with an English Language and Linguistics Degree? www.kent.ac.uk/careers/linguistics-careers.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/linguistics-careers.htm  Comparative Literature Careers www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cls.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cls.htm  Example CVs www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/cvexamples.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/cvexamples.htm  Bruce Woodcock Email: bw@kent.ac.ukbw@kent.ac.uk

10. www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/skills-Kent.htm

11. CHOOSING A CAREER CHOOSING A CAREER www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Choosing/ChoosingCareer.htm and booklet available from Careers Service. www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Choosing/ChoosingCareer.htm Prospects Planner - powerful career choice program. www.prospects.ac.uk/links/Pplannerwww.prospects.ac.uk/links/Pplanner I Want to work in ….. www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin.htm

12. 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.htmwww.kent.ac.uk/careers/postgradmenu.htm

13. 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

14. Applications and Interviews Humanities CV: must be targeted at the job! www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/English-cv.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/English-cv.htm Media CV www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/mediacv.htmwww.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 www.kent.ac.uk/careers/interviews/mockivs.htm Application, interview and selection centre videos www.kent.ac.uk/careers/IntVid.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/IntVid.htm

15. 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.Kent Employability points  www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm

16. www.kent.ac.uk/careerswww.kent.ac.uk/careers Telephone: 01227 823299 Email: careerhelp@kent.ac.ukcareerhelp@kent.ac.uk 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

17. The University of Kent Careers and Employability Service Bruce Woodcock University of Kent Careers and Employability Service bw@kent.ac.uk You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm