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King’s Careers Service works closely with the History department and The Clio Society to inform both the general programme of events and workshops and opportunities to meet employers.
History Employer Fora
In 2007 and 2008 History students met History graduates in a range of careers. The most recent featured History graduates working in publishing, advertising, Fast Stream Civil Service, and academia; and the 2007 forum featured law, teaching, journalism and government research. Download the report from panel at the bottom of this article.
Making the choice and job hunting
King’s Careers Service can help you in individual 15 minute quick queries. These focus on you and your starting point whether that’s not knowing what you want to do or something practical like improving your cv or interview practice or valuing what you have to offer.
Many options do involve an appreciation of deadlines particularly for internships, vacation work and popular graduate schemes such as the Fast Track Civil Service.
If you know what you want and are keen to start checking out jobs you can look at Job Online and International Job Online. These cover full and part-time, temporary and permanent jobs.
On employability; or valuing your History degree ...
In a survey of 84 famous historians carried out by Prof Nicholls and published by the Higher Education Academy, Princess Diana's biographer, Andrew Morton, said a history education "helps with judgment and at the top level judgment counts more than knowledge” . The most frequently referred to advantage the famous history graduates mentioned was the ability to read quickly and effectively and process large amounts of information, think deeply about a subject, develop cogent arguments and communicate clearly.
‘Report highlights golden future of history graduates’~ Donald MacLeod Tuesday July 19, 2005 in The Guardian.
For further information about the job destinations of history graduates do nationally from across the country see 'What do graduates do?" on the Prospects website. King’s alumni data follows.
Many options do involve an appreciation of deadlines particularly for internships, vacation work and popular graduate schemes such as the Fast Track Civil Service.
If you know what you want and are keen to start checking out jobs you can look at Job Online and International Job Online. These cover full and part-time, temporary and permanent jobs.
On employability; or valuing your History degree ...
In a survey of 84 famous historians carried out by Prof Nicholls and published by the Higher Education Academy, Princess Diana's biographer, Andrew Morton, said a history education "helps with judgment and at the top level judgment counts more than knowledge” . The most frequently referred to advantage the famous history graduates mentioned was the ability to read quickly and effectively and process large amounts of information, think deeply about a subject, develop cogent arguments and communicate clearly.
‘Report highlights golden future of history graduates’~ Donald MacLeod Tuesday July 19, 2005 in The Guardian.
For further information about the job destinations of history graduates do nationally from across the country see 'What do graduates do?" on the Prospects website. King’s alumni data follows.
King’s Alumni destinations
Undergraduates
Postgraduates
- Investment Banker – Citigroup
- Recruitment Consultant – Goodman Majjob
- Information Research Officer – Brent Council
- Office Manager – National Archives
- British Army – Trainee Officer
- Dealers Assistant - Bonhams
- Vice President – KCL Students Union
- Wealth Management – Bank of Scotland
- Sales Executive - Emap
- Marketing Assistant – Berkshire Hathaway International
Postgraduates
- Lecturer – Humboldt University Berlin Institute
- Researcher – University of East Anglia
- Web Developer – Self Employed
- Research Assistant – Kings College London
- Policy Analyst – Royal Borough of Kingston
National trends
In 2004, 60% of history graduates entered immediate employment. Many were in jobs they didn’t consider as permanent and used this job as a 'stepping stone' to gain experience for their longer-term career aims.
Many graduates chose careers unrelated to their course of study and have made their mark in a whole range of careers. 13% entered professional or managerial roles in commerce, industry or the public sector; 4% teaching and related roles; 26% clerical and secretarial roles; and 14% catering or retail work. Financial-related careers feature at a small but significant level: 5%. Unemployed history graduates accounted for 9%, just above the national graduate unemployment rate of 7%. The overall picture of history graduates is similar to that of other non-vocational graduates.
Many graduates chose careers unrelated to their course of study and have made their mark in a whole range of careers. 13% entered professional or managerial roles in commerce, industry or the public sector; 4% teaching and related roles; 26% clerical and secretarial roles; and 14% catering or retail work. Financial-related careers feature at a small but significant level: 5%. Unemployed history graduates accounted for 9%, just above the national graduate unemployment rate of 7%. The overall picture of history graduates is similar to that of other non-vocational graduates.
Alumni profiles
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