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What next?
Liz Robertson
Careers and Employment Centre
Abigail Cottingham
BA Religion & Theology (graduated May 2012)
2 questions
1.What can I do with my degree?
2.What support is there within Oxford Brookes to help me secure a career/a job?
Plus Abi’s top tips!
1. What can I do with my degree?
Destination of Leavers from Higher Education Survey (DLHE Survey)
Left between 01 Aug 2010 – 31 July 2011
93% response rate (RC)Organisation Job title
Midcountries Cooperative Sales assistant
Pell & Bales Fundraiser
Leisure connections Leisure assistant
L.L.J. Solutions LLP Director
Oxfam Music Department Volunteer
HIP Home Grammar School Researcher
West Berkshire Council Human Resources Assistant
Ceder Community Care Care Support Worker
St Margarets PE teaching assistant
Windmill Teaching assistant
Further study
University of Leicester Social Work Masters
King’s College London Secondary PGCE
2. What support is there within Oxford Brookes to help me secure a career/a job?
Resources Moodle:
Career & Development Zone
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/careers
Button on Careers home page:
Careers Information(go in as ‘guest’)
Hot Tips Sheets:Action Words - communication with impact
Application forms - increase you success rate
Covering letter
CV - writing for success
Non-UK Qualifications - explaining them to UK
employers
Personal statements - employer applications
Skills - what are employers looking for
STAR (CAR) - improve the way you describe
your skills
OBU Careers & Employment Centre(including e-guidance)http://www.brookes.ac.uk/careers
Location: 1st floor, HKSC
Opening hours
(check Drop In times)
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/careers/about/opening-hours
Careerzine
News & Events
http://www.brookescareerscentre.co.uk/students_newsandevents.aspx