Why isnt there a humanities careers fair University of Manchester Careers Blog

Why isnt there a humanities careers fair The answer is actually there is! First lets establish some facts, there is no  typical humanities student! Archaeology, Languages, Planning, Economics, Finance, Philosophy, Drama, Law to name but a few subjects. Thats a pretty good mixture and you dont all want to do the same things. We see humanities students interested in finance, management, HR, PR, advertising, marketing, law, international development, public sector and charities, the media,  planning consultancy,  renewable energy,  medicine,  starting your own business, translation, museums and gallery work and the list goes on.  The career options open to humanities students  are endless! Now Im not saying any one fair will cover ALL of those areas, it wont! Thats because many of the recruiters in those sectors will not have big graduate schemes and therefore they dont need to attend fairs. Dont rule fairs out whatever they are called! At the Science and Engineering Fair for example   there were recruiters looking for students from any discipline,  and specific disciplines, including  geography for example. There were sales and marketing schemes available and general management schemes which often include marketing HR.      At the Finance, Business Management Fair, yes  there were finance roles available but loads of those general and specific management graduate schemes too. Remember MOST business have an HR function and they market their products and services. Retailers probably have buying and supply chain functions,    most of these functions are open to graduates of any discipline, so  even if its not obvious ASK! If you want to check out the exhibitors at the fairs and find out what they were recruiting for select the fair and click on the exhibitor A-Z. Wait theres more! We also  run bespoke events in many schools, these often take the form of mini fairs, panel events or networking sessions  e.g. the languages event this week, fashion textiles event next week, there are also environment events and yes humanities events! and many more ask in your school about what events we run for them. One off events usually open to all students like our media club events, we have also run  international development events,  creative industries events and many more. These  are all advertised in Careerslink Still more Trade / industry fairs/ conferences Some of these we hear about and will advertise to you either in Careerslink or via the relevant Facebook groups  or Twitter.  But it is really worthwhile keeping in touch with relevant professional bodies check their websites, read their journals, or even get a student membership.   Some of these events are very much for industry professionals but often there are exhibitions or seminars that are open to you.   It looks great on your CV to say you have attended these, AND it will give you really valuable commercial experience. There are lots of conference venues, but the events for the Manchester Central Conference Centre are listed here Networking Use the events above as an opportunity to make contacts and gather insider intel about where the jobs are and what the industry trends are.   But also check out actual networking events and socials.   Many professional bodies run these regionally and  some have a young members group, for those just joining the profession.   So get your LinkedIn profile brushed up! To find a relevant professional body use our sector pages or our links in Delicious All Undergraduate Undergraduate-highlighted Careers fair humanities