1. Physics Year 2 Career Planning
Rachel Howlett
Careers Adviser

2. Outcomes By the end of the session you will:
Know about the career planning process and where you are within this process
Have considered aspects of self-awareness
Know about a range of resources to support your career planning
Know what steps to take next

3. Career Planning
Card sort exercise

4. Self-awareness
Skills/Abilities
Needs
Personality
Values
Interests
You

5. Types of jobs unrelated to subject Technical author Patent agent
Technical sales
Systems analyst
Scientific recruitment
Academic librarian
Science communicator
Teacher
using the subject
aspects of subject knowledge or skills
Technical author
Patent agent
Technical sales
Systems analyst
Scientific recruitment
Academic librarian
Science communicator
Teacher
Technical author
Patent agent
Technical sales
Systems analyst
Scientific recruitment
Academic librarian
Science communicator
Teacher
unrelated to subject
unrelated to subject
using the subject
using the subject
aspects of subject knowledge or skills
aspects of subject knowledge or skills

6. Destinations of Physics students
Environment Modeller, Power Gen
Assistant Scientific Officer, National Radiological Protection Board
Information Analyst, First Direct
Journalism, Parliamentary Brief
Trainee Accountant, NAO
Probationary Police Constable, Surrey
Stock Trader, J P Morgan

7. Generally useful websites

8. Outcomes revisited By the end of the session you will:
Know about the career planning process and where you are within this process
Have considered aspects of self-awareness
Know about a range of resources to support your career planning
Know what steps to take next

9. Help and support Careers Service! www.york.ac.uk/careers
Careers guidance
Events and fairs
E-guidance
Information Room

10. Any questions??