What can I do with a degree in...?
The following websites can be used to find careers information such as job requirements, salary information and labour market trends.
- Graduate Careers Australia: career information booklets and graduate starting salaries
- MyFuture: alphabetical list of occupations
- Job Outlook: employment outlook including average wages, job prospects, training courses and vacancies
Below are a few tips on how to go about researching jobs that you could perform based on your degree.
Tip 1: Look at the areas of work that other graduates have gone into
We have compiled a list of careers that graduates can pursue based on broad range of discipline areas.
What can I do with a career in...?
- Accounting
- Animal Science
- Anthropology
- Arts
- Computer Science and IT
- Education and Teaching
- Engineering
- Finance
- Graphic Design
- Health Science
- Journalism, Media and Communications
- Law
- Legal Studies
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Philsophy
- Physics
- Politics
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Science
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Sports Management
- Tourism, Leaisure and Hospitality
Tip 2: Find jobs that match my skills
Search for jobs based on criteria such as your study major or the strongest skills you have developed (like teamwork, analytical, problem-solving). Visit Seek, MyCareer or CareerOne and enter the skill or study major into the keyword search field. You will find a range of jobs matching your skills including those that you never knew existed.
Use the data you gather through this exercise to identify a few career areas that may interest you, and do some further research to learn more.
Tip 3: Consider further study to develop skills and expertise in a specific field
Postgraduate study can be an effective strategy for students who have a generalist undergraduate degree (like Arts, Science, Health Science, Psychological Science) to pursue a career in a specific field. Or you may wish to combine your undergraduate degree in one area with a postgraduate course in another field, e.g., by combining a Bachelor of Biological Science with a Graduate Diploma in Counselling to have the skills to work as a counsellor working with clients dealing with a genetically inherited disease.
Studying at TAFE is another way to develop practical skills that enhance your undergraduate studies. For example, you could complete a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment to work as a trainer in your industry or to teach in your discipline area in a TAFE institution.
