DRAMA CAREERS SESSION

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DRAMACAREERS SESSION

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

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What is the Careers Advisory Service?

• What do Drama graduates do?

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What is the ideal job?
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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
• 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 Schoools Guide to
  Professional Training in Drama Technical
  Theatre 2009
• 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
• Talks presentations
• Alumni careers network

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How to use the CAS

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

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

• Presentation by Matchitech Careers in Science
  IT 12 Feb 12.15-2pm KLT5
• Presentation by Camp Counsellors USA 17 Feb
  1-3pm ELT2
• Postgraduate Study in Humanities Social
  Sciences 18 Feb 2pm KLT5
• Choosing a Career 19 Feb 1-2pm KLT5
• Postgraduate study in Australia 24 Feb 1-2 KLT5
• Army visit campus 25 Feb _at_CAS
• Careers in Politics 25 Feb 2pm GLT2
• Interview Skills 26 Feb 1-2pm KLT5
• Using Languages Working in Europe 3 March
  1-2pm KLT5
• Presentation by INTERAC (Japan TEFL) 4 March
  1-2pm KLT5
• CV Workshop 4 March 2-4pm KSR16

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What do Drama graduates do?

• What do they do?
• Jobs where the degree is useful
• Transferable Skills
• Examples from University of Kent

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What subject did they study at university?

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In broad terms

• Employment
• Further study
• Not available
• Seeking employment

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What Drama Graduates Do? ()
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Options available
Management Consultancy NHS Management Personnel Po
lice Production Management Public
Relations Publishing Purchasing Retail Self-employ
ment Social Work TEFL Teaching Tourism Transport

• Advertising
• Armed Forces
• Arts admin
• Broadcasting
• Central Local Govt
• Computing/IT
• Finance
• Fire Service
• Guidance/Counselling
• Info Management/Museums
• Journalism
• Law
• Marketing/Sales

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Graduate Salaries 2008/09

• Arcadia 17,500 - 23,000 25 store discount
• AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment) from 21,000
  final salary pension
• Police (HPD) 21,500 rising to 24,000 after
  initial training
• EDF Energy 22,500 - 32,000 dependant on
  discipline
• Asda 23,000 minimum
• Sainsburys 23,000 - 25,000
• MI5 23,500 benefits - varies by function!
• Marks Spencer 24,000 - 25,500
• Unilever 26,000
• Fujitsu 26,000 2,000 joining bonus
• Lloyds 26,000 - 30,000
• Civil Service up to 27,000
• Royal Navy 28,216 12,000 joining bonus
• Mars 29,000
• ExxonMobil 31,500 minimum acceptance bursary
  extras
• Aldi 40,000 - 57,750 (after 3yrs) Audi A4

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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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Skills

• 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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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
• Royal Court Theatre - Stage Management Intern
• Royal Shakespeare Company - Dresser
• Symphony Hall - Marketing Assistant
• Tell Me a Tale - Drama Workshop Facilitator
• Theatre Royal Brighton - Marketing Officer
• The Barbican - Marketing Assistant
• The Marlowe Theatre Development Trust -
  Fundraising Campaign 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
• 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
• Oxford University Press - Journals Production
  Editor

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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
• Longhill High School - Teaching Asst
• Student Support Officer
• The Chumleigh Community College - Maths
  Technician
• Vayu Naidu Co - Education Project Organiser
• Woodfield School - Arts Development Officer

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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
• 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
• New Frontiers - Pastoral volunteer
• NHS - Finance Officer
• PRJS - Researcher

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Further study examples

• Canterbury Christ Church (x6) - PGCE Citizenship,
  Post Compulsory English/Drama, Primary (x2),
  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
• London Institute of Education - PGCE Secondary
  English
• RADA - BA Acting
• Rose Bruford College (x2) - MA Theatre Practice,
  Pg Dip Acting
• Skills Plus - Certificate in Community
  Volunteering
• University of Hertfordshire - PGCE Primary
• University of Kent (x5) - Certificate in Law
  Society, MA English, MA English American
  Literature, MPhil Drama, MSc Management
• University of Reading (x3) - MSc Marketing
  International Management, PGCE Secondary Drama
  (x2)
• University of Wales Cardiff - Pg Diploma Magazine
  Journalism
• University of Warwick - MA Television Theatre
  Studies
• UWE - LPC

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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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DRAMACAREERS SESSION

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