Studying a language puts you in a great position for the global labour market or further study.
Modern Language teacher education courses at Sussex
Sussex's Careers and Employability Centre have a section for language students as well as plenty on international work and study. They also offer:
- Employability workshops and employer events: regular workshops on CVs, internships, job search, further study and all things careers are available for students to book into, and employers frequently come to campus to talk to students.
- Career Exploration in Arts and Humanities Workshop runs termly for students unclear or uncertain about their options after Sussex.
- One to one careers advice sessions are available to book (till 7pm on Wednesdays) or just drop in 11am-1pm daily.
- Jobs, placements, term-time work and internships - search their database, and check their feed of jobs from around the web.
Fulfil your global potential! British graduates with language skills (including lawyers, engineers and scientists) are highly sought after by European Union institutions.
- Keep an eye on the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) site, which has a useful languages page.
- Work as a freelance interpreter at the EU
- The need for English mother tongue interpreters is particularly acute: the EU has produced an illuminating YouTube channel about the career.
- For more about careers in interpreting, see the National Network for Interpreting website.
Modern languages page at Prospects (the offical UK graduate careers site) covers job options and career areas, but also has a useful summary of skills and case studies.
The Guardian frequently publish articles on languages including a good series a few years ago on The Case for Language Learning in collaboration with the British Academy, who run a languages campaign (see their call for action).
Globalgraduates.com is an excellent resource for study abroad with a jobs board as well as plenty of case studies.
Europe Language Jobs is a job board for multilinguals to find work abroad.
University of East Anglia careers service have a useful set of links for working internationally.