Explore career options
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Business School
This page will provide you with tailored information and resources to explore the career options available related to your degree.
For information on a wider range of job roles and professions, including careers for which your specific degree subject is not necessarily required, you can also investigate career areas.
Your careers team
Careers Network is here to support you by providing information, advice, guidance, events and opportunities to enable you to secure placements, work experience, self-employment and graduate careers.
Working closely with your academic school, our team of experts ensures that every student has access to careers advice. As well as large careers fairs, we hold sector-specific events, involving employers and º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ alumni, to help you make valuable connections and secure high-quality placements and graduate roles.
To find out more about what we do and how we can support you, visit Meet the teams.
Details of the Placements Officers for your school can be found here.
We look forward to supporting you throughout your º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ journey.
Key skills developed during your degree
As well as developing a range of subject-specific and technical skills, you will also have the opportunity to gain many transferable skills including:
- Numerical and quantitative skills, including communicating findings and complex data
- Problem solving, analytical ability and critical thinking
- Clear and persuasive oral and written communication skills
- Ability to research, interpret and use business and financial data
- Self-reliance, initiative and the ability to manage time, projects and resources
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Commercial awareness and an understanding of organisational behaviour
You can also develop many transferable skills through getting involved in extracurricular activities and gaining work experience, such as leadership and project management.
Career options
To explore careers related to your degree visit:
Further study/qualifications
Further study at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ:
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Business School has postgraduate taught Master's programmes in
- Business Analytics
- Business Psychology
- Economics and Finance
- Finance
- Finance and Global Trading
- Finance and Management
- Human Resource Management
- Information Systems and Digital Innovation
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Strategic Leadership
- Work Psychology
You can also study for a PhD or MPhil Research Degree and º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Business School also offers The º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ MBA.
Further study elsewhere:
Where do graduates go?
What do º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Business and Economics graduates do?
Graduates from this subject area have gone on to destinations where:
Employers included:
Accenture, Aldi, Amazon, American Express, Barclays, BDO, EY, Goldman Sachs, Grant Thornton, IBM, Jaguar Landrover, Johnson & Johnson, KPMG, Mazars, Mercedes, Microsoft, Ministry of Defence, PwC, UBS, Unilever, Warner Brothers.
Roles included:
Accountant, Analyst, Area Manager, Assurance Associate, Audit Executive, Business Analyst, Business Development Manager, Commercial Analyst, Finance Analyst, Finance Director, Foreign Exchange Analyst, Forensic Analyst, Finance Director, Forensic Analyst, Global Marketing Executive, Investment Banker, Investment Consultant, M&A and Private Equity Executive, Management Consultant, Marketing Executive, Project Coordinator, Quantity Surveyor, Recruitment Consultant, Teacher, Technology Consultant.
Further study included:
ACA, CIMA, MSc Accounting & Finance, MA Banking and Finance, MSc Business Analytics Consulting, MSc Business Financial Management, MSc Economics & Business Strategy, MSc Finance, MBA GLobal Business, MSc Information Management & Business Technology, MSc International Accounting & Finance, LLM International Law and Governance, MSc International Trade.
Further information
For more information on companies graduates work for, industry links and career opportunities, visit the subject area page of the University website. You can also find out what our students say in our student stories of personal journeys through and beyond º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ and track the career journeys and º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ experiences of some of our alumni.
Resources to research career areas
Websites:
- Accountancy Careers
- Actuarial Careers
- Actuaries Online
- Complete University Guide Careers with an Economics Degree
- Inside Careers
- Insurance Careers
- IP Careers
- Reassured Life Insurance Careers Guide
- Target Jobs
- What can I do with my degree?
You can also research career areas using the Professional Bodies and Sector and Labour Market Information (LMI) below.
Resources to find work experience, placements and graduate jobs
All of the business programmes are four-year sandwich courses with a compulsory third year spent on a salaried professional placement, studying abroad or developing your own business. An optional placement year is also available on the economics programmes. On successful completion of your placement you will receive a Diploma in Professional Studies or Diploma in International Study (following study abroad) in addition to your degree.
The Professional Placements Team has links to many employers and supports you in finding your placement. The º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Business School International Relations team has information on Studying abroad. You will also get dedicated support if you choose the Year in Enterprise option.
Increasingly, employers are offering formal work experience to first and second year undergraduates, especially in the financial services sector. These include insight days, spring weeks and summer internships and there are often specific schemes to promote diversity in the workplace which are aimed women, students with disabilities, LGBTQ+ students and students from diverse racial, ethnic and cultural heritages.
Additionally, Careers Network advertises many opportunities for summer internships for students across the university and encourages all students to gain valuable experience in the workplace through extra-curricular activities such as volunteering, committee memberships, work-shadowing and part-time work. There is information on how to Find jobs/opportunities from Careers Network and opportunities are advertised on Target Connect.
Some additional specific sites that may be of interest (particularly to Economics students) include:
- The Economist
- Jobs.ac.uk
- Economistjobs
- Prospects graduate-finance-jobs
- w4mpjobs.org
- odi fellowship scheme
Economic Consultancies (Primarily for Economics students/graduates but may also suit Business students/graduates)
Professional bodies, sector and labour market information (LMI)
Below is a selection of professional bodies relating to Business and Economics, many of which have up to date news, jobs, training and career information:
Management Consulting:
Economics and Statistics:
- Royal Economic Society
- Society of Professional Economists (SPE)
- Royal Statistical Society
- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
- The International Consulting Economists’ Association
Accountancy, Banking and Financial Services:
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) - Careers
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
- Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy (CIPFA)
- Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)
- Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA)
Retail, Sales and Buying:
Project Management:
Business and Work Psychology:
Marketing, Advertising and PR:
- The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
- Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)
- Communication Advertising and Marketing (CAM) Foundation
- The Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing (IDM)
Insurance, Risk, Pensions and Actuarial Work:
- The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC)
- Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)
- Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA)
- Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI)
- Association of British Insurers (ABI)
- Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA)
Human Resources and Recruitment:
- Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
- The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC)
- Trades Union Congress (TUC)
MBA:
Information Management and Business Analytics:
- Archive and Records Association
- Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
- Operational Research Society
- The International Data Management Association (DAMA)
- Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM)
- Chartered Governance Institute
Sector and Labour Market Information (LMI):
Library Databases:
The Academic Librarian for the º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Business School is Kat Halliday, who can help you with research skills and identifying resources to research career sectors and companies.
Websites: