My Sad Situation - Help :)

Savvy_Sue

Ninja_Seb wrote: »

You can learn to do an admin job within a few days. Once you reach that point you are overqualified and bored out of your brain.

Surely that depends on the admin job? I've been doing admin for more years than the OP has been alive, and not generally bored. I've been able to learn the job, and develop additional skills to do it better, and implement ways of doing it better.

There is a limit to how interested you can get in photocopying exam papers, day in, day out, I'll admit, but I used THAT time to think my own thoughts!

jamtart6

geography is one of the broadest subjects out of there, what module topics did you specialise in, human/physical? I would say of all the degrees, it is applicable to most jobs. To work in the environmental sector yes you probably need a masters, but not always. Have you considered a masters or a research job?

Burlesque_Babe

I would think Geography is a wide subject. Other than teaching (at secondary FE or even University level), there is working in Environmental Health - think of all the government or local authority departments which deal with Environmental Health. What about the Rivers Authority or any Waterways related organisations? Water boards - they must all do some kind of gegraphical testing? There's a whole world out there - literally - of geography - how about someone like Ordnance Survey? Have you thought about Environmental Sustainability - that's a huge area to look into and there must be loads of organisations out there across the UK.

I googled career choices for someone with a geography degree and found lodas of results - this is just some ideas for working in Geographical Techniques

GIS specialist
Census data specialist
Location analyst
Cartographer
Surveyor
Military GIS specialist
Remote sensing analyst
Geomatics software designer
CAD technician
Aerial Surveyor



I think Geography is an incredibly useful subject but you need to think broadly.

Bobby1985

Thank you guys.

I would really love to do a Masters in Conservation / Ecology field. I did numerous modules and my dissertation on this subject. The only problem is finding the funding as I’m just not in the position to be able to study more.

I did a specific degree in Physical Geography but was able to choose my own modules and ended up choosing ones that involved the environment at a conservation and management level.

Do you guys suggest that I contact some employers in the field with speculative CV? The only problem is that any advertisement I see for a job requires a Masters.

Thank you J

wisbech_lad

Yes. The employers will be using masters as a screen, not because they really need a masters. So if you tailor your application (pointing out how your dissertation and modules fit what they want) you may have a chance.

Do you have a good relationship with any of your old faculty? A reference from them saying that while you are of masters level calibre, you are keen to get real world experience rather than stay in academia will help. They may also know of openings.

Which university? Employers of graduates for specialist roles do tend to have a ranking list of faculties they prefer to recruit from. We tend to only recruit from three UK universities, and five/six Chinese ones.

Bobby1985

Thank you.

Im worried, I cant even sleep properly

I do have a good realtionship with one of my lecturers and they have previously provided me with a letter for the teachinhg application. I'd be apprehensive to ask again.

I graduated from Manchester Uni.

Savvy_Sue

Lamby1985 wrote: »

I do have a good realtionship with one of my lecturers and they have previously provided me with a letter for the teachinhg application. I'd be apprehensive to ask again.

Why? Don't lecturers expect to be used as referees for a few years after you graduate?

Bobby1985

Anyone know of any good sample cover letters? I've done them in the past but dont think its up to the required grade.

Bobby1985

Bumpty Bump

Burlesque_Babe

Have to say I've never used a sample covering letter - I've always started it with a sentence about the job I'm applying for, then a paragraph giving a 2-3 precis of my past career and then another 2-3 sentence paragraph about why I feel I'm a good candidate (picking bits from the JD and myexperience) and then a finishing sentence about I look forward to hearing from them.

It needs to be personalised rather than a template you've just dropped bits into and I always do a different letter for any job I'm applying for.