Do you want to work with people and affect their everyday lives?
Geographers’ broad skills and appreciation of the inter-connections between people and communities equip them with a sound base with which to enter these areas of work. From curating in a national museum, to organising a media campaign for Oxfam, geography graduates are ready for anything.
Whilst the majority of these posts will be in the public sector or charities, there are also plenty of opportunities in PR, HR and market research which are huge employment areas in the private sector too.
People skills are obviously important in this sector and those suited to many of the roles in this area might identify themselves as being ‘community minded’. Employers seek tolerant, empathetic individuals who enjoy contributing to the work of a team. Strong organisational and administrative skills would help when working in a variety of settings. As you move up the career ladder to managerial and strategic posts it will be necessary to show skills of enterprise in terms of selling your ideas and also perhaps securing funding for new projects.
The following society jobs are popular with geographers
- Teacher
- Social worker
- Youth and community worker
- Emergency services manager
- FE or university lecturer
- Museum explainer
- Exhibition designer and curator
- Health education campaigner
- Advertising executive
- Human resources officer
- Campaign organiser
- Market research analyst
- Public policy research
- Marketing
- PR (Public Relations) Officer
Beth
Lecturer
Hayley
Director of Camden Voluntary Unit
Lucy
Executive Assistant at the Science Council
Clifford
Freelance Researcher in Black and Asian Studies
Joel
Geography Teacher
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