Tim Reed
Head of Careers

• What is the Careers and Employability Service?
• What skills do SECL graduates have?
• What do SECL graduates do: the jobs they get their typical employers the further courses they study www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm

• Location
• Staff
• Opening times etc
• Services & facilities

• Reception & Careers library
• Options Leaflets & free careers literature
• Reference files, books & postgraduate prospectuses
• IT facilities www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/index.htm
• Alumni careers network
• Careers Employability Module (CEM) on Moodle
• Quick Query
• Careers Guidance Interview
• Talks & presentations

www.kent.ac.uk/careers/casevents.htm
Examples of Careers Talks
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Interview Skills, CV Workshop, Choosing a Career
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Careers in Politics, Getting a job in the Media, Applying for
Teacher Training
• Journalism Workshop, T.E.F.L. Presentation, Using languages
& Working in Europe
• Postgraduate Study in the Humanities
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Presentation by Deloitte
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Presentations by BUNAC: (i) Work in USA & Canada (ii) Work in Australia & New Zealand
• Presentation by Pearson (summer internships)
• Presentation by NHS
• Presentation by PwC: Commercial Awareness

Begin by doing some research
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Perhaps into yourself (ideas, interests, preferences)
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Then into your opportunities (use vacancy database, Directories)
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Use IT: CES website & PROSPECT PLANNER
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Attend talks/workshops/presentations etc
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Quick Query at CES
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1:1 careers interview

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Analytical skills
• Clear & Logical thinking
• Communication
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Critical evaluation
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Cultural awareness
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Gathering, assessing and interpreting information
• Languages
• Literacy & expression
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Organising
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Planning
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Problem solving
• Research
• Working to deadlines

www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/skillsmenu.htm
CES Moodle Resource www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm
Employability Points www.kent.ac.uk/employabilitypoints/
Global Skills Award www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/skills/programmes/gsalectures.html
Kent Union Volunteering www.kentunion.co.uk/volunteering/
CES Employability skills exercise www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/skillstest.html

• What do they do in broad terms?
• Jobs where the degree subjects are useful
• Examples from University of Kent

(Kent 2001-2010) www.kent.ac.uk/careers/fdrbases/destinations.htm
In broad terms:
57.2%
27.5%
7.6%
7.6%

Religious Studies
27.2% Education
19% Health & Social Work
16.2% Other community & social services
10.3% Retail
9.6% Business & research activities
7.4% Public Administration
5.9% Finance
2.9% Manufacturing
1.5% Others
Classics
28.7% Business & research activities
17.5% Retail
10.3% Other community & social services
7% Finance
7% Manufacturing
7% Public Administration
6.3% Transport, storage & communication
5.4% Education
4.5% Hotels & restaurants
3% Health & Social Work

www.prospects.ac.uk
• Accountant
• Administrator
• Archivist
• Civil Service Administrator
• Diplomatic Service
• Historic Buildings Inspector
• Information Officer
• Journalist
• Librarian
• Museum Work
• Solicitor
• Technical Author
• University Teacher

(Kent 2002-2010)
48.9%
40%
7.8%
3.3%

RELIGIOUS STUDIES
2010 DLHE comparison
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Emp Study Not Avail Unemp
All UK Kent

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Higher education lecturer (in theology/religious studies) - teaches academic or vocational subjects to undergraduate and postgraduate students from age 18 upwards. May also undertake research activities.
Further education lecturer (in theology/religious studies) - organises and teaches one or more subjects in a general or specialist college of FE, a tertiary college or a sixth form college.
Primary school teacher or secondary school teacher (religious education) - develops work and lesson plans and teaches in line with curriculum objectives.
Youth worker - promotes the personal, educational and social development of young people aged between 13 and 19, although in some cases this may be extended to those aged 11 to 13 and 19 to 25.
Advice worker - provides free, impartial and confidential advice to clients on a wide range of issues. Some advice workers offer general guidance in several areas, such as debt, housing, employment, welfare and education, while others specialise in a particular area.
Social worker - works with people who have been socially excluded or who are experiencing crisis. Provides support to enable service users to help themselves and maintains professional relationships with service users, acting as guide, advocate or critical friend.
Charity officer - involves working for a charitable organisation. The role may involve project management, business development, finance, marketing, PR or a combination of tasks.
Civil Service administrator - contributes to the delivery of services of the different departments that make up the Civil Service, through duties such as research, compiling reports, working on policy documents.
Archivist - acquires, manages and maintains documents and other materials that have historical importance for individuals, organisations and nations.
Broadcast journalist - responsible for investigating, gathering and reporting on news and current affairs. Presents this information in a fair, balanced and accurate way through news bulletins, documentaries and other factual programmes for radio, television and online broadcast.
Editorial assistant - provides assistance in all stages of the publication of books, journals, magazines and a broad range of publicity materials. Supports senior editorial staff with the administration of the commissioning, planning and production.

• ability to research, analyse, interpret and synthesise different types of information;
• analytical ability and the capacity to formulate questions and solve problems;
• organisational and time management skills;
• presentation skills;
• teamwork and communication skills gained through tutorials and group work;
• writing skills, including accurate referencing and clarity of expression;
• ability to analyse texts and understand the meaning of complex written documents;
• empathy and imaginative insight while being tolerant of diverse opinion;
• ability to work methodically and accurately;
• independence of mind and initiative.

Woody Allen - film maker
Ethan Coen - film maker
Umberto Eco - novelist
Ken Follett - writer
Harrison Ford - actor
Michael Frayn - writer
Philip Glass - composer
Rudi Giuliani - former mayor of New
York
Vaclav Havel - former President of Czech
Republic
Thomas Jefferson - former US President
Mark Kemp - VP MTV
Bruce Lee - martial arts actor
Terence Malick - film maker
Iris Murdoch - novelist
Pope John Paul II
Susan Sarandon - actress
Susan Sontag - writer

(Kent 2001-2010)
60.6%
28.7%
5.6%
5.1%

Jobs where Philosophy degree useful
• Advertising Account Planner
• Charities administrator
• Chartered Accountant
• Information Manager
• Insurance Underwriter
• IT Consultant
• Journalist
• Marketing Executive
• Personnel Officer
• Public Sector Administrator
• Publishing Copy Editor
• Solicitor
• Systems Analyst/Systems Developer
• Teacher

• EDUCATION & HERITAGE : Warden (Buckingham Palace), Communications
Officer (KentUnion), Teacher (Astor of Hever School), Trainee Assistant Curator
(Brent Council), Museum Assistant (Imperial War Museum), EFL Teacher
(Banhanjamsaiwittya 3 School), Archaeological Site Asst (Essex County Council
Archaeology Unit), English Teacher (University of Beijing)
• INFO & IT : Data Support (KCC), Deputy Librarian (St. Paul's Girls School), Internet
Administrator (Technicom), Library Assistant (Wickford Library), Technical Support
(Management Networking), Trainee Librarian (Kennedy’s Solicitors)
• MANAGEMENT & FINANCE : Branch Manager (Endsleigh Insurance), Account
Manager (Lloyds TSB), Director (Folkestone Development Co), Management
Trainee (Clinton Cards), Stock Manager (Marks & Spencer), Graduate Transport
Planner (Container Lift Services Ltd), Insurance Underwriter (Hiscocks)
• RECRUITMENT : Recruitment Consultant (x4) (Hays Accountancy Services,
Recruitment Agency, Start Education Services, Mason Blake Ltd), Personnel
Assistant
• RETAIL & MARKETING : Bookseller (Waterstones), Sales & Marketing Assistant
(Merok Marine), Sales Assistant (McKays), Supervisor (Dillons),
TeleSales/Marketing (Kelly's Bureau), Retail Management Trainee (Tesco),
Merchandiser (Hi-Tech Sports)
• GOVERNMENT : Customs Officer (HM Revenue & Customs), Waiting List Coordinator (Surrey & Sussex NHS Trust), Administrator (MOD)

• EDUCATION : Learning Support Assistant (City College Brighton & Hove ), Museum
Assistant (Winchester City Council), Teacher Placement Service Asst (Council of
International Schools), Teaching Assistant (Dane Court School), Teacher on
Graduate Teacher Programme (Maplesden Noakes School), Library Assistant
(University of Kent ), GTP Secondary School Teacher (Oxfordshire County Council),
Secretary (University of Kent), SEN Teaching Asst (St. John Primary School), TEFL
Teacher (Language School), English Teacher (International House)
• MANAGEMENT & FINANCE : Trainee Pensions Adviser (Capital Hearts Heap),
Assistant Manager (Odeon Cinemas Ltd), Arts Development Manager (Maidstone
Council), Claims Advisor (Absolute Customer Management), Accounts Office
Manager (Town & Country Services), Assistant Manager (Winemark), Buyer’s
Administrative Assistant (DCK Concessions), Graduate Trainee (Fidelity), Retail
Management trainee (Oddbins), Textiles Team Leader (Marks & Spencer)
• WELFARE : Social Work Assistant (Kent CC Social Services), Social Worker (Kent
County Council), Training Administrator (Victim Support), Addiction Project
Administrator (Addaction), Community Support Worker (LIFE),
• CHURCH-RELATED : Lay Minister (Church of England), Student Worker (City
Church),

• ADMINISTRATION & CLERICAL: King's College London, Adecco, Halifax, AC
Appointments, Housing Trust, NatWest, Help the Aged, Ealing Council, American
Express, Thames Water, Camden Council, Crown Prosecution Service, JVC, Moss
Bros, National Trust, Saga
• EDUCATION & WELFARE: Care Worker (x3) - KCC, London Care plc, Day
Centre; Education Social Worker - Surrey CC; EFL Teacher (in Greece (x2),
Portugal, Japan (x2), England); Youth Worker - KCC; Learning Support Assistant -
Wiltshire Youth Development Service, Primary School (x2); Nursing Auxiliary -
Crawley Hospital; Youth Offenders Team Assistant - Grays & Thurrock Council;
University of Kent (x3) - Library Assistant, Recruitment Co-ordinator, Schools &
Colleges Liaison Officer; Drama Teacher - Stagecoach Theatre Arts
• FINANCE: Customer Services - Abbey National; Revenue Assistant - HMRC;
Chartered Accountancy Trainee; Admin - Financial Services Authority
• MARKETING, RETAIL & SALES: Reids Chemist, Swiftcall, Marketing Consultancy,
Weatherseal Ltd, HMV, Argos, ITEL Networks, Aylesford Paper, Crabtree & Evelyn,
Waterstones; Retail Management Trainees (x2) - Tomlinsons, Game
• PRESS / MEDIA: Editorial Asst - KM Group; Media Analyst; Press Officer;
Publishing Asst; Publishing Editor; Production Assistant; Copy Editor; PR Assistant
- Socialist Workers Party; Librarian - Guardian Newspaper; Journalist; Runner -
BBC; Production Intern - MTV; Media Buyer - Advertising Agency; Account Exec -
PR Co; Assistant Manager - Odeon Cinemas; Media Researcher - Romeike
• OTHER: Air Traffic Controller, Legal Exec Trainee - Warners, Oxfam Volunteer,
Projectionist - Cineworld, Charity Officer - Newham Music Trust, Assistant
Radiographer - NHS

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Bournemouth University - MA Screenwriting
• CCCU - PGCE Primary (x2)
• CCCU - PGCE Secondary History
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CCCU - Diploma in Careers Guidance
• Kent & Medway Training SCITT - PGCE
Secondary English
• Open University - Diploma in Classical Latin
• UCL - MA Artefact Studies
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UCL - MA Classics
• UCL - MA Medieval & Renaissance Studies
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University of Bristol - MA Maritime
Archaeology
• University of Edinburgh - MA History of Art
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University of Kent - MA
• University of Kent - MA Archaeology (x2)
• University of Kent - MA Archaeology of the
Transmanche (x7)
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University of Kent - MA Classical &
Archaeological Studies (x5)
• University of Kent - MA Comparative Literature
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University of Kent - MA Divinity and Culture
• University of Kent - MA English & American
Literature (x2)
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University of Kent - MA Medieval & Tudor
Studies
• University of Kent - MA Minoan Archaeology
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University of Kent - MA Praetorian Guard: Julio-
Claudian Emperors
• University of Kent - MA Spartan Religious
Practices
• University of Kent - MA War Media & Modernity
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University of Kent - MPhil Classical &
Archaeological Studies
• University of Liverpool - MA Egyptology
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University of Newcastle- MA Classics
• UWE - PCGE Secondary

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Cambridge University (Homerton) - PGCE
• Cambridge University - MA Classics
• Brighton University - PGCE Religious St
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CCCU - PGCE (x2)
• CCCU - PGCE Primary (x3)
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CCCU - PGCE Secondary
• CCCU - PGCE Secondary RE (x9)
• College of Law - Graduate Diploma Law
• King's College - MA Classical Art &
Archaeology
• Kings College London - MA Ancient History
• King’s College - MA Philosophy
• South London Consortium - SCITT
Programme
• UCL - MA Ancient History
• University of East Anglia - PGCE Primary
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University of Exeter - MA Theology
• University of Exeter - PGCE Secondary RE
• University of Greenwich - PGCE RS
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University of Kent - MA Applied Theology (x2)
• University of Kent - MA Cosmology
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University of Kent - MPhil Theology & RS
• University of Kent - MA Archaeology (x4)
• University of Kent - MA Archaeology of
Transmanche
• University of Kent - MA Hellenic St (x3)
• University of Kent - MA Medieval & Early Modern St
(x2)
• University of Kent - MA by Research Classical &
Archaelogical St (x2)
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University of Southampton - PGCE Secondary RE

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MA Aesthetics - Southampton
• MA Communication - Sorbonne (Paris)
• MA English - Berlin, Essex, Kent
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MA European Business - Royal Holloway
• MA History of Art - Oxford
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MA International Relations - Kent, Warwick
• MA Law - Univ. of Bristol
• MA Medieval St King’s
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MA Philosophy - Birkbeck, Kent (x many!),
London, Warwick
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MA Reasoning - University of Kent (x4)
• MA Sociology - Kent
• MA Theology - Kent
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MBBS Medicine - Barts Hospital/London
School of Medicine
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MSc Computing - Brunel, Kent
• MSc Digital & Media Production - Oxford
Brookes
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MSc Marketing Management - Aston
• MSc Middle East Politics - Birkbeck College
• MSc Political Philosophy – Edinburgh
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MSc Political Theory - LSE
• MPhil Philosophy - London
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PG Dip PR - West Herts College
• PG Dip Law - Bristol, Exeter, College Of Law
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PG Dip Journalism - City, London School of
Journalism
• PGCE Brighton, CCCU (x5), Chichester, King’s
College London, St. Mary’s
• PhD Philosophy - St Andrews

Barrister - Self-employed
Business Librarian - Borough Council
Commissioning Editor - Academic Book Publisher
Director/Producer - Film Production Co
EFL Teacher - Hilderstone College
Manager - Community Health Trust
Marketing Assistant - Commercial Union
Producer/Presenter - BBC Radio Berkshire
PR Officer - Movement for Christian Democracy
Sub-Editor - The Independent Newspaper
Teacher - Secondary School
Tutor/Counsellor - Open University

Tim Reed
Head of Careers