DEVELOPING YOUR CAREER IDEAS
Building your occupational awareness It can sometimes be useful to look at what other Oxford students have done after completing their degrees to get a better understanding of the breadth of choices open to you. To go beyond the outline provided here, use the Careers Service’s webpages on ‘What alumni have done’ to see the early-career destinations for over 30,000 Oxford graduates from 2012 to 2018. Further study
Nearly one in three graduates choose further study and the Careers Service provides support and advice on this – from finding courses to assisting with applications, and advising on potential funding sources or studying abroad. Turn to the Further Study advice for more information on options and planning for further study. Consider carefully what benefits you hope to gain from undertaking another degree, against the time and costs required. Although further study is a prerequisite for some careers, and highly desirable for others, for many careers it’s unnecessary and may make no difference to either your entry level or starting salary.
• Our resources. • External resources. www.careers.ox.ac.uk/sectors-occupations
Graduate destinations
See the Graduate Outcomes Survey 2018 results below. This survey is taken 15 months after graduation. At the time of going to press in September 2020, we were still awaiting HESA final survey data.
Further study
www.careers.ox.ac.uk/further-study
19%
Occupational sectors
Careers are often labelled according to their industry sector, and the latter section of this Guide provides short industry introductions and company listings covering over 20 major industry sectors that our leavers enter. There are many more – nearly 50 – detailed briefings on our website, covering all the sectors in this Guide and more. Briefings usually include five sections plus suggestions for additional resources: About this sector. Entry points. Skills needed. Gaining experience. Getting a job.
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www.careers.ox.ac.uk
61%
Work
Developing portfolio/ volunteering
9%
Looking for work
3%
8% Doing something else eg: travelling
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