What do DRAMA graduates do?

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What do DRAMA graduates do?

• Tim Reed T.M.Reed_at_kent.ac.uk
• Careers Advisory Service
• www.kent.ac.uk/careers/
• www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm

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Introduction

• What is the Careers Advisory Service?
• What skills do Drama graduates have?
• What do Drama graduates do
• the jobs they get
• their typical employers
• the further courses they study

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What is the best career?

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The Careers Advisory Service

• Location
• Staff
• Opening times etc
• Services facilities

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Specific CAS facilities

• computer-aided guidance
• quick queries
• careers interviews
• job vacancy database
• www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/index.htm
• careers library

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Careers Library

• Reception
• Reference information
• Postgraduate prospectuses
• DVDs, CDs, online PCs, free careers literature
  etc ..

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CAS Resources

• Reference Information on Drama/Theatre Related
• Contacts including Agents (Stage, Television,
  Film, Radio)
• Stage Management a Career Guide (Stage
  Management Association)
• Conference of Drama Schools Guide to
  Professional Training in Drama Technical
  Theatre
• Careers Reference Files
• What can I do with my degree in .. Drama?
  (040/041)
• Theatre (Y7)
• Drama, Dance, Music Courses (Y7/8)
• Performing Arts (Y8)
• Arts Administration (Y9)

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And also

• Newspapers
• Careers booklets
• Alumni careers network
• Talks presentations

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Careers Presentationswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/casev
ents.htm

• Examples of Careers Talks
• Interview Skills
• Careers in Politics
• Choosing a Career
• CV Workshop
• Getting a job in the Media
• Applying for Teacher Training
• Journalism Workshop
• T.E.F.L. Presentation
• Using languages Working in Europe
• Postgraduate Study in the Humanities
• Presentation by Deloitte
• Presentations by BUNAC (i) Work in USA Canada
  (ii) Work in Australia New Zealand
• Visit by Army
• Presentation by Pearson (summer internships)
• Presentation by NHS
• Presentation by PwC Commercial Awareness

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How to use the CAS

• Begin by doing some research
• ?
• Perhaps into yourself (ideas, interests,
  preferences)
• ?
• Then into your opportunities (use Directories,
  vacancy database)
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• Use IT CAS website PROSPECT PLANNER
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• Attend talks/workshops/presentations etc
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• Quick Query at CAS
• ?
• 11 careers interview

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What skills do Drama graduates have?

• Ability to work under pressure
• Analytical Problem Solving
• Communication
• Confidence
• Creative thinking
• Literacy
• Negotiation
• Planning Organising
• Presentation
• Team work
• Time management

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Employability skillswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/ski
llsmenu.htm

• CAS Moodle Resource
• www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm
• Employability Points
• www.kent.ac.uk/employabilitypoints/
• Graduate Skills Award
• www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/skills/programmes/gs
  alectures.html
• CAS Employability skills exercise
• www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/skillstest.html

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University of Kent Drama grads compared with all
disciplines UK grads in 2009 ()
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TYPICAL EMPLOYERS

• Arts Organisations
• Broadcasting organisations
• Civil Service Departments/Agencies
• Local Government
• Media Production Companies
• Museums Heritage organisations
• Publishing Companies
• Theatres
• Schools, Colleges, Universities

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CAREERS RELATED TO DRAMA

• Actor/actress
• Arts administrator
• Community Arts Worker
• Drama teacher
• Dramatherapist
• Journalist
• Librarian, Special/Academic
• Media Planner
• Presenter TV/Radio
• Programme Researcher
• Stage manager
• Teacher
• Television Production Assistant
• University/Further Education Lecturer
• www.prospects.ac.uk

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ANY DISCIPLINE CAREERS
Management Consultancy NHS Management Police Produ
ction Management Public Relations Publishing Purch
asing Retail Social Work TEFL Tourism Transport Yo
uth Work

• Accountancy
• Advertising
• Armed Forces
• Banking
• Central Local Government
• Charity work
• Computing/IT
• Education admin/welfare
• Guidance/Counselling
• Human Resources
• Info Management/Museums
• Law
• Marketing/Sales

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GRADUATE SALARIES 2010

• Aldi 40,000 - 60,000 (after 3yrs) fully
  expensed Audi A4
• Linklaters 37,400
• ExxonMobil 33,000
• Royal Navy 29,006 12,000 joining bonus
• Mars 29,000
• Lloyds 28,000 - 31,000
• Civil Service up to 27,000
• Unilever 26,500
• Reckitt Benckiser 26,000 - 28,000
• Police (HPDS) 24,675 after initial training
• Marks Spencer 24,000
• Sainsburys 23,000 - 25,000
• MI5 23,500 benefits - varies by function!
• Asda 23,000
• AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment) from 21,500
  final salary pension
• Arcadia 17,500 - 23,000 25 store discount

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Employment examples

• THEATRE - RELATED
• Bill Kenright - Assistant Producer
• Creation Theatre Company - Technical Stage
  Manager
• Glyndebourne Productions Ltd - Box Office
  Customer Service Administrator
• Glyndebourne Productions - Education Assistant
• Gulbenkian Theatre - Marketing Assistant
• Hamilton Hodell - Assistant to Actor's Agent
• Lyceum Theatre - Theatre Administrator
• New Wimbledon Theatre - Assistant Stage Manager
• Polka Theatre - Communications Officer
• Roundhouse Studios - Lighting Technician
• Royal Court Theatre - Stage Management Intern
• Royal Shakespeare Company - Dresser
• Symphony Hall - Marketing Assistant
• Tell Me a Tale - Drama Workshop Facilitator
• Theatre Company - Dramaturge
• Theatre Royal - Projects Co-ordinator
• Theatre Royal Brighton - Marketing Officer
• The Barbican - Marketing Assistant

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Employment examples

• MEDIA - RELATED
• AMA Consultancy - Events Co-ordinator
• Avalon TV Productions - Production Runner
• BBC Children in Need -Team Assistant
• BBC HR Direct - Work Experience Assistant
• BBC - Runner Post Production
• Blackwell Publishing - Editorial Assistant
• Chapters Digital TV Ltd - Production Assistant
• Day Gardener Post Production - Runner
• Donmar Warehouse Theatre - Office Administrator
• Editworks (TV Post Production) - Runner/Assistant
• Emerald Publishing - Assistant Editor
• Film London - Receptionist
• Flare PR - PR Account Executive
• Fusion Post Production (TV) - Runner
• GE Fabbri - Editorial Assistant
• IPC Media - Advertising Executive
• ITV plc - Compliance Administrator
• National Magazine Co - Editorial Executive

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Employment examples

• EDUCATION
• Briary Primary School - Teaching Assistant
• Capital Education - Recruitment Consultant
• Dept of Education Training N.T. - Tutor
• EFL Teacher
• English Teacher
• Essex County Council - Drama Teacher/GTP
• English Language Teacher
• Great Walstead School - Teaching Assistant
• Halsford Park Primary School - Teaching Assistant
• Hogeschool - Asst English Teacher
• Kent County Council - Teacher
• Language Link Russia - Intern EFL Teacher
• Longhill High School - Teaching Asst
• Maidstone Grammar School for Boys - GTP English
  Teacher
• Oxley Park Primary School - Teaching Assistant
• St. Peter's School - Teaching Assistant
• Student Support Officer - University
• The Chumleigh Community College - Maths
  Technician

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Employment examples

• OTHER
• Achievements - Genealogist
• Amos Dawton - Negotiator/Estate Agent
• Arnold Deacon Greene Co - Archive Manager
• British Airways - Cabin Crew
• Codor Digital - Administration Production
  Assistant
• Confetti Lace - Bridal Consultant/Assistant
  Manager
• Curtis Brown - Talent Intern
• Debenhams - Trainee Buyer
• DMG World Media - Sales Executive
• English Heritage - Events Assistant
• Fandango Heartbeat - Fundraising Director
• Faversham House Group - Production Assistant
• HMP Cookham Wood - Trainee Prison Officer
• KCC Kent Youth Service - Youth Worker
• Kinnleigh Folkard Hayward - Letting Negotiator
• Launch Group PR - Junior Account Executive
• Lionhead Studios - Games Tester
• New Frontiers - Pastoral volunteer

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Further study examples

• Canterbury Christ Church (PGCEs) - Citizenship,
  Post Compulsory English/Drama, Primary (x3),
  Secondary English
• Circamedia, Bristol - Circus Skills course
• Central Lancashire Univ/Radio Lancashire - Pg Dip
  Broadcast
• Central School of Speech Drama (x3) - MA Acting
  for Screen, MA Acting, MA Speech Drama
• Coastal SCITT - PGCE
• College of Law, Guildford - Legal Practice Course
  (LPC)
• International House - TEFL
• Kings College London - MA in Shakespeare Studies
  Playhouse
• London Institute of Education - PGCE Secondary
  English
• Oxford Brookes University - MSc Digital Media
  Production
• RADA - BA Acting
• RADA King's College London - MA Text
  Performance Studies
• Rose Bruford College (x2) - MA Theatre Practice,
  Pg Dip Acting
• Skills Plus - Certificate in Community
  Volunteering
• University of Cumbria - PGCE General Primary
• University of Hertfordshire - PGCE Primary
• University of Kent - Certificate in Law
  Society, MA Creative Writing, MA Cultural Study
  of Cosmology Divination, MA English, MA English
  American Literature, MA Theatre Dramaturgy,
  MPhil Drama, MSc Management
• University of Reading (x3) - MSc Marketing
  International Management, PGCE Secondary Drama
  (x2)
• University of Wales Cardiff - Pg Diploma Magazine
  Journalism

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CAS Resources

• Alumni Careers Network
• Careers library/information room
• Employer Files
• Occupational Files
• Occupational Profiles
• Prospects Postgraduate Directory
• Prospect Planner - generates job ideas
• Prospectuses
• Options leaflet
• CAS www pages on Drama (with links) at
• http//www.kent.ac.uk/careers/drama.htm

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What do DRAMA graduates do?

• Tim Reed T.M.Reed_at_kent.ac.uk
• Careers Advisory Service
• www.kent.ac.uk/careers/
• www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm