Philosophy

You have skills such as writing clearly and concisely, creative and logical thought processes, constructing a sound argument and the ability to persuade. In addition, you’ve shown through your studies that you can see other people’s points of views and possibly understand how they’ve got them. If you want to know more about what skills your degree has given you, take a look at http://prs.heacademy.ac.uk/publications/emp_guide_for_web.pdf this guide.

The Careers Adviser responsible for your department is Kate Murray. You can contact her via kate.murray@kcl.ac.uk

The great thing about philosophy is that it is a broad-based degree so many careers will be open to you. Of course the downside to that is not knowing where to start. Thinking about your values and interests can be a good starting point, whether it’s making loads of money or saving the world. If you want to ‘help’ people or ‘change things’, start thinking about what sort of people, or what sort of change you want to effect. Philosophical thought underpins many of our social structures such as Law and Government so your knowledge will have an indirect relevance to these areas. Below are some specific places King’s philosophy graduates have gone to work.

• CIMA, General Administrator
• Michael Wisher & Associates, London Co-ordinator
• The National Autistic Society, Fundraising Finance & Data Assistant
• LSE, Database analyst
• Barking and Dagenham Council, Teacher Mentor
• Moma, Retail Sales Assistant
• Karian and Box, Communications Officer
• Financial Services Authority, Administrator
• Move Investment, Financial Analyst
• Qualifications for Curriculum Authority, Service Delivery Administrator
• Coals, Trainee Assistant Manager
• Pathway Resourcing, Recruitment Consultant
• Sainsburys, Sales Assistant
• 1E Limited, Support Engineer
• TWM Solicitors, Work Experince Assistant
• Unspecified Legal Aid Firm, Solicitors Clerk
• Anne Frank Trust, Assistant

Graduates went onto further study, either staying at King’s or taking professional qualifications such as a GDL.

Knowing where to start can be difficult and that’s where we come in. We can help you identify where you are and the decisions you need to make and come up with a plan. This might mean researching more occupations or perhaps understanding what employers are looking for and how to market yourself.

Equally, it may mean exploring what you mean by creative work or “using your degree” or understanding why you’re considering further study.

Equally, it may mean exploring what you mean by creative work or “using your degree” or understanding why you’re considering further study.

Taking practical steps such as internships or vacation work throughout your degree can really help. Deadlines apply for some schemes and also for some of the graduate posts or further study options you may wish to consider. These deadlines are often early in your final year of study so seeing us in your second year can be very helpful.

Here’s just a few of the services for Philosophy students:

• Find out what employers and alumni are saying by attending our events
  
• Attend specialist events at King’s such as the Media Forum, Human Rights Forum, Policy Forum
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  Job Online and International Job Online provide details of part time, vacation, internships and graduate opportunities. These include the less obvious options that aren’t really covered in the standard publications. Through JobOnline you can also register for the Alert email service to receive additional jobs and news.

Speak to one of our careers advisers. We can help you talk through any further study or time out you are considering. We can help you draft or improve your CV, prepare for interview and research opportunities. You can also talk to our Information Officers about how to find the latest information on career options, and use the wide-ranging resources of the Careers Information Library in the Macadam Building to help you with your research.