What Can I Do With My Degree? |
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Employers Hire People Not Degrees!
Students and recent graduates are often surprised to learn that most degrees have tremendous crossover potential. People are most certainly not constrained to careers within their discipline! Geography graduates work in marketing, political science graduates work in human resources, business graduates become teachers, religion and culture graduates work in sales and sociology graduates work in finance. In fact, it is probably more common to find people working outside their field of study than within it. So why bother getting a degree at all?
Well, studies show that employers look for specific qualities in their employees:
| • Communication skills - written and verbal |
| • Teamwork and flexibility - appreciation of diversity and change |
| • Ability to access and apply knowledge - commitment to lifelong learning |
| • Adaptability - open-minded, creative, curious individuals who are respectful of diversity and differences |
| • Thinking ability - problem solving, decision making, critical judgement, assessment and evaluation, analytical skills |
| • Responsibility - ability to plan time, money and resources, self-discipline and self- direction, motivation and enthusiasm, ability to set goals and priorities, follow through |
Regardless of your major or area of study, to successfully complete a university education you will develop this valuable set of general skills. It is usually because of these ‘transferable skills’ that employers seek employees with a university degree. For information on some of the key skills you can develop as a result of your studies at university, click on your major below- they will open in a new window.
Accounting
Anthropology
Archaeology
Biochemistry & Biotechnology
Biology
Business Administration
Chemistry
Communication Studies
Computing & Computer Electronics
Contemporary Studies
Criminology
Economics
English
Finance
Geography & Environmental Studies
Global Studies
History
Kinesiology & Physical Education
Languages & Literatures
Mathematics
Music
North American Studies
Philosophy
Photonics
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Religion & Culture
Sociology