This is just a post to illuminate what I'm doing now, my 'post-degree post' ..
As previously mentioned I'm presently working in Student Recruitment developing and learning new skills which I plan to combine with my subject expertise and the transferable skills I picked up whilst studying my Bachelor of Arts Degree and Masters.
I'm in charge of the Student Ambassadors - learning skills in leading people, developing greater confidence in myself
and getting some practical people management skills which will help me in the
future.
I'm improving my communication skills giving various presentations on UCD, sometimes at large events such as the UCD Arts Open Evening.
Whilst working as a member of our team I'm learning some social media skills
As
well as organizing Campus Tours/Visits to the University I'm gaining some Marketing
experience whilst helping to run large events such as the RDS Higher Options/Open
Day.
(see our myucd page : www.facebook.com/myucd)
I know Academia is where my main interest lies, my passion is in my subjects, so I hope that I will be able to write a Ph.D. over the next few years and work at a university in the future as a Lecturer and continue to research my interests which I still do in my spare time ...
Stepping Stones.
I strongly believe that any experience I can build up after completing my degree is most worth while and that most degrees should be viewed as a stepping stone on to many career paths.
The skills you learn after all can be transferred.... http://www.ucd.ie/careers/whereareucdgraduatesnow/
Despite difficult economic times and a great deal of
negative publicity about graduate job opportunities, it is still the case that
the level of unemployment amongst UCD graduates (10 per cent) is significantly
lower than the current national average for people aged 20 to 24 (25.9 %).
(Survey
Conducted of 2010 graduates of UCD Primary Degree, Higher Degree and
Postgraduate Diploma programmes. Survey is based on status of graduates on
March 31st 2011).
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