Alumni career profiles

The Alumni career profiles database gives you the opportunity to browse through over 200 career profiles in order to:

• get inside information about the career you want to pursue
• find out what jobs and industries graduates with similar degrees as yours went into
• be inspired by alumni career decisions
• learn from their hints and tips  

Careers covered

Our Alumni career profiles database includes careers in:

• engineering and manufacturing (Bombardier, Rolls-Royce, Volkswagen)
• construction (Rok)
• environment and natural resources (Scott Wilson)
• information technology (BBC, Hewlett Packard)
• management consultancy (Ernst & Young, Accenture)
• accountancy, banking and finance (IBM Malaysia, PwC. China Construction Bank Corporation)
• public sector (MoD)
• healthcare (NHS Confederation)
• law (Global Legal Search, Lincoln House Chambers)
• entertainment and leisure industry (LOVEFiLM) ..... and many more

Read more about the benefits of the career profiles, in our article in Exchange magazine

Search through our career profiles by using the button below. Once you've logged in, simply click on the Alumni career profiles search tab.

Examples of career hints and tips

Web Developer Team Leader - BBC

• Prepare. Know what the role entails, and what the context of the role in the organisation is
• Anticipate. Think about what might be asked of you, and have examples of situations where you've needed to overcome obstacles ready to hand
• Relax. It's far easier to choose to employ someone you think will fit easily and well into a team environment

Project Manager – MoD

• Prepare more for change than stability in the job market
• Try to aim to have more than one area of expertise if possible
• Remember to build in time over the career window to allow for updating and professional development

Distinguished Professor of New Testament – Regent University

• Your degree will get your first job, your character will keep your job and lead you to the next one

PhD Student – The University of Nottingham

• Create opportunities where you do not see them
• Make use of expert academic staff and their networks
• Get involved in activities outside of your programme of study and create your own networks
• Always think of what your next step might be and what you need to do to get there

Environmental Specialist – Scott Wilson

• For graduate schemes, these take time so it’s worth spending some time getting the application form right
• For assessment centre days, be confident and make sure you speak up in group sessions so that interviewers remember you

 

For more information

If you would like to find out more about the Alumni career profiles, please contact Alumni volunteering.