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Exploring Career Options

 

Many graduate jobs are open to all graduates so there may be far more that you can do with your degree than you think. The resources below will help you explore your options. 

  • Researching Career Options

    Prospects what can I do with my degree? gives suggestions about careers that link to your subject.  

    Prospects Job Profiles enable you to browse career options by sector or by letter. 

    The Career Discovery Channel on My Career Enriched allows you to explore and browse articles and job descriptions that match your areas of interest. 

    Gradsims  from Targetjobs are free graduate-led videos designed to help you choose a career that suits your needs and interests. You’ll learn about specific sectors, gain insights from recent graduates and complete simulated real life tasks. 

    You may want to consider completing a post-graduate qualification to help qualify you to work in specific sectors like teaching or art therapy. See Further Study section for more information.  

     

  • Researching Sectors and Employers

    Prospects has excellent job sector information: Job sectors | Prospects.ac.uk 

    Targetjobs is another comprehensive resource with career guides for a wide range of sectors: Careers guides and directories | | targetjobs 

    For specific resources on job sectors and other career information for your subject area please go to the main My.Cumbria Careers pages by clicking this link: https://my.cumbria.ac.uk/Student-Life/careers/ and select your subject area. 

  • Labour Market Information: Creatives

    Prospects Luminate provides student and graduate labour market information. Read their Early Careers Survey 2025

    For specific labour market information and other career information for your subject area please go to the main My.Cumbria Careers pages by clicking this link: https://my.cumbria.ac.uk/Student-Life/careers/ and select your subject area. 

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