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:

Working for Government Organisations  The Foreign and Commonwealth Office for-us/ for-us/  MI htmlhttp:// 1.html  MI5 -  Civil Service Fast Stream - /index.aspx /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: live.solent.ac.uk/library/subject_guides/society/thin k_tank.aspxhttp://portal- live.solent.ac.uk/library/subject_guides/society/thin k_tank.aspx  EU Think Tank Directory:

Creative Careers: Advertising, Marketing and PR  Advertising Association:  (short courses and workshops)  Chartered Institute of Marketing:  Careers in Public Relations:  Download profiles of different jobs at

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 ) - When on year abroad make use of E-Guidance. Go to and click ‘ 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.. …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: areers Course Careers Advisor: Fiona Corby

Useful Links  Reading University Job Shop –  Prospects –  Target Jobs –  Hobsons –  Guardian Jobs –  For SEED, MASSIV and SOAR schemes see the University website