What can i do with a degree in Film
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Careers and Employability Service
What can I do with a Degree in Film?
Nicola Urquhart
Careers Adviser
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm
What we will cover
• The graduate labour market
• What do employers want?
• What skills do film graduates have?
• What do film graduates do:
the jobs they get
their typical employers
the further courses they study
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm
The graduate labour market in 2013
• Approximately 30% - 40% of
vacancies are open to graduates
with a degree from any discipline
• Employers increasingly focusing
on professional attributes in
addition to transferable skills
• Relevant work experience
increasingly important
• Need for students to think earlier
about their employability
• Employers are expecting to
increase their graduate
recruitment by 2.7% in 2013
What do employers want?
Commercial Awareness
Work Experience
Professional attributes
Extra-Curricular
Activities
Employability skills
Degree awarded at 2.1 or above
What skills do Film students have?
• Research Skills
• Team working skills
• Analytical skills and creative thinking
• Communication Skills
• Technical Skills, IT , media production, multimedia, web
based technologies
• Visual and Critical awareness (attention to detail)
• Working to deadlines
Skills and attributes that graduate recruiters are
looking for?
Communication
Adaptability
Self awareness
Leadership
Energy
Contextual/cultural awareness
Report writing
Problem Solving
Adaptability
Numeracy
Positive attitude
Reflection
Confidence
Team working
Reliability
Project management
Business and
customer awareness
Integrity
Capacity to develop
Drive and resilience
IT skills
Enterprise
Enthusiasm/passion
Planning and organisation
Maturity
What is a career?
• Not necessarily a linear,
planned sequence of
events
• Career choice is not an
event or occasion
• Career choice is a
process
Jobs directly related to your degree
Jobs directly related to your degree
•
Film Journalist
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Arts Administrator
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Runner, broadcasting/film/video producer
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Marketing Assistant
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Programme Researcher, Broadcasting/film/video
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Distribution
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Sales Agent
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Editing and post production jobs
Jobs that are not directly related to your
degree
Many employers value the
skills you have gained
more than the subject
Jobs where a film degree useful
•
Advertising Copywriter
•
Archivist
•
Arts Administrator
•
Cinema Manager
•
Editorial Assistant
•
Film/Video Producer
•
Information Assistant
•
Journalist
•
Librarian, Special/Academic
•
Media Planner
•
Picture Researcher
•
Presenter TV/Radio
•
Programme Researcher
•
Public Relations Officer
•
Television Production Assistant
•
University Lecturer/Researcher
Researching Careers
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• Overview of the sector
• Job descriptions
• Salary and conditions
• Entry requirements
• Training
• Career development
• Employers and vacancy sources
• Related jobs
Graduate Schemes
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/graddirectories.htm
• www.prospects.ac.uk
• www.get.hobsons.co.uk
• www.targetjobs.co.uk
• www guardianuk300.com
• www.top100graduateemployers.com
• www.kent.ac.uk/ces/vacancies.html
Example Graduate Schemes
• Accenture
• Ernest & Young
• Aldi
• EU Careers
• Arcadia
• IBM
• BAE Systems
• L’Oreal
• BBC
• Mars
• Bloomberg
• McDonalds
• British Sugar
• MI5
• Cancer Research UK
• National Grid
• Deliotte
• Penguin
• DFID
• TeachFirst
• Diageo
• BBC
Example Graduate scheme (Bloomberg )
• Finance
• IT
• Media
• Sales
Example graduate scheme: DFID
• Engineering
• Finance
• General Management
• IT
• Purchasing
• Research and
Development
Postgraduate Study
•
Approx. 20% of Film graduates do PG study after
graduation
•
MA taught – 1 year Sept to June – lectures,
June to Sept – dissertation.
•
Research MA 1 to 2 years – often part-time
•
PhD – 3 years. Nearly always a MA first.
•
PGCE (teacher training) 1 year:
•
See www.kent.ac.uk/careers/postgradmenu.htm
Postgraduate study
•
Not much funding available for
MA. Fees are about £5,000. At
Kent get £1,000 graduate school
scholarship reduction
•
Many students work for a year to
fund it or do it part-time whilst
working
•
Consider vocational MA –
journalism, publishing, HR, Media
Production etc.
•
Normally apply middle of final
year. No UCAS can apply to as
many course as you wish to – 3
or 4 is normal
Study Abroad
• Many postgraduate courses
are now taught in English,
especially in the Netherlands
and Scandinavia
• No course fees in Sweden
and about £1,000 in
Germany and Denmark
• See
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/po
stgradmenu.htm#PGAbroad
Being Successful
• “ Most people find a
job in film by word
of mouth: the more
people you know in
the industry the
better your
chances”
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Using Social Media to Job Search
• Follow organisations @BBCRecruitment,
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@SkillsetSSC, @ace_national, @IPA_Updates
Follow @unikentemploy
Get industry updates
www.twitjobsearch.com
Remember everything is public
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• ‘Like’ company pages
• ‘Like’ />• Is your profile professional enough?!
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• www.linkedin.com
• Search for jobs.
• Use key words in your profile.
• Follow companies.
• Connect with people in the industry.
• Join relevant groups.
What do film graduates do?
In broad terms (recent destinations)
• Employment 68%
• Further Study 21%
• Not available 5%
•
Seeking employment 6%
