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Working towards your future


It is not easy making decisions, particularly about things that are four or five years away. However, while you are choosing your university and course, it’s a good idea to take a longer-term view and consider what kind of work you eventually want to do.


All schools, departments and centres at Essex integrate employability skills development into their courses through case studies, projects and use of external professionals. They work with a dedicated careers advisor to promote employment opportunities in their specific field. Most undergraduate courses provide the chance to study abroad for a year and some have inbuilt industrial placements.


How our Careers Centre


will help you Our Careers Centre is a rich source of information. Careers advisors are available to give you valuable advice throughout your time at Essex and beyond – as a graduate you can use the Centre’s services for up to three years after graduation. We will offer you the following:


n one-to-one advice and guidance;


n providing professional development workshops via the Careers Centre and Learning and Development;


n practice interviews;


n dedicated international careers advisors;


n help with work-related issues such as National Insurance, plus information on rights within the work place;


n JobsOnline vacancy service for graduate, part-time and temporary jobs.


What happens to


Essex graduates? Each subject entry in this prospectus features a graduate profile, showing you how our graduates have succeeded in further study or the workplace, and giving you a taste of real life at Essex.


In good company You can be confident that your experience at Essex will provide you with all the tools you need to get ahead in your chosen career. You will also be entering the company of many Essex graduates who have gone on to achieve great things, including: Dr Oscar Arias Sanchez (former President of Costa Rica and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize); Daniel Libeskind (appointed as master plan architect for the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site in New York); Alison Steadman (acclaimed


BAFTA-nominated British actress); Rt Hon John Bercow (Speaker of the House of Commons); David Yates (BAFTA award-winning television and film director, chosen to direct the Harry Potter movies The Order of the Phoenix, The Half Blood Prince and The Deathly Hallows); and Dr Rodolfo Neri Vela (the only alumnus – that we know of – who has been to space!)


Graduate profile


Shortly after graduating, Karis was selected for the Lloyds TSB graduate training scheme. She is now the Human Resources Manager for all of their Middle East business, and lives in Dubai with her fiancé, a fellow Essex graduate.


My Essex degree has certainly provided me with the knowledge and skills needed to take on a


Karis Browne, BSc Business Management ’03, Poole, Dorset


management role. The modules I took relating to human resource management, and business and employment law, have proved invaluable. I am putting the analytical skills, acquired through my study of accounting and economics, into practice every day. In addition to subject-specific knowledge, I am also grateful for the general facilitation and presentation skills which Essex helped me to gain. The Careers Centre gave me plenty of support with writing an effective and succinct CV. I also took advantage of interview practice as this was a skill I was keen to polish.


I thoroughly enjoyed my three years at Essex and know that all I experiences I had, academic and extra-curricular, contributed to my career achievements to date. Being part of a university with such a multicultural community and outlook has also given me the best possible start for living and working abroad.


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