Your career options
Graduate profiles
Our graduates acquire an exceptionally diverse range of skills during their time at Essex and have entered a wide variety of industries. Their
stories demonstrate the versatility of an interdisciplinary qualification.
Skills
Our graduates are articulate, confident, literate and cultured. They have learned to think and operate across disciplinary boundaries.
The majority have spent a year studying abroad, enhancing their independence and understanding of foreign cultures. Many have learned a
foreign language which is greatly valued by prospective employers.
Diverse career options
All of the courses that we offer are interdisciplinary and give you the opportunity to build your study from a wide array of modules offered
by various schools and departments within our University. This means that your career options are incredibly diverse as you can study subjects
that suit your goals. Many of our students uncover a passion for a subject they had not considered before during their time at Essex and go
on to work in related fields.
Careers that our graduates have gone into include international relations, the civil service, journalism, public relations, BBC programme
production, IT, banking, imports and exports, travel and tourism, translation, teaching, archaeology, anthropology, museology and the arts.
Many go onto postgraduate study at universities around the world.
Employability and Careers Centre
Throughout your time at Essex, advisors at our Employability and Careers Centre will be available to help you
formulate your career plan.
Employability events
Our programme of events is designed to help you with all aspects of looking and applying for jobs,
work experience and further study. New events and sessions are added throughout the year, so keep checking what's on offer.
frontrunners placements
frontrunners is our original placement scheme that offers students paid work opportunities on campus. We are currently advertising a number of placements to start in the academic year 2013-14
Essex Interns
Internships are an excellent way to earn money and develop a stand-out CV. Register with us for
information on paid internship opportunities with local, national and even international employers.
Big Essex Award
The Big Essex Award is an employability award run by the Employability and Careers Centre. Log your
extra-curricular experience hours, add a little volunteering, and we’ll help you identify evidence and effectively sell your skills.