Modern Languages at The University of Essex

Careers in Modern Languages

Modern Languages courses equip graduates with a wide range of skills which make them highly prized by employers in a variety of professions. 

What Do Graduates Do?

The a recent What Do Graduates Do? survey it showed Modern Languages graduates entering the following professions:

26.4% took up administrative work (e.g. as a personal assistant, travel consultant, bilingual secretary, administrative officer etc.)  

16.3% went into commercial, industrial or public sector management (e.g. as a conference organiser, leisure manager, recruitment consultant, retail manager, restaurant manager)

10.7% went into marketing, sales, PR and advertising (e.g. as an advertising accounts manager, export sales executive, marketing manager, public relations consultant)

9.6% went into business and finance (e.g. as a business analyst, investment banker, trainee chartered accountant)

7.5% went into retail work (e.g. as a sales manager)

7.1% went into media or publishing work (e.g. as a TV researcher, publishing assistant, internet journalist)

Other careers taken up by Modern Languages graduates included information technology, teaching, healthcare, police work, the armed forces and so on. About a fifth of Modern Languages graduates went into further study or training (e.g. in Translation Studies, International Relations, Law, Film-Making, Journalism). 

The University of Essex has an excellent Careers Centre which will be pleased to advise you on your career prospects.  Alternatively you can view the department's own careers advice page here

Case Studies

http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/ugops/ell/student%20profiles.shtm

Links to Jobs with German

http://www.toplanguagejobs.co.uk/language-9.html

http://german.about.com/od/jobscareers/Jobs_and_Careers_for_German.htm

http://www.londoncareers.net/industry/german-speaking-jobs.jsp

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