Modern Languages and Linguistics - Introduction
Potential careers
Graduates from these courses often find work that makes use of their language skills and are more likely than graduates from other courses to find employment outside of the UK (usually Europe). Their employment is most commonly in educational settings or business support organisations eg translation companies, public relations companies. Recent job titles have included: Overseas Customer Liaison, Public Relations Account Executive, Recruitment Consultant, Event Organiser, Translator, Trainee Commercial Manager, Bilingual Language Assistant. A recent trend has seen an increasing number of graduates seeking and finding work in Euorpean government institutions and non-governmental organizations.
Many graduates go on to further study. Popular choices include further study in translation or interpretation and teacher training.
What graduates do - short term and longer term career paths
Understanding what recent graduates from your subject have gone on to do can be a valuable source of information to help in career planning, but bear in mind that what you choose to do will be a personal decision based on many other factors such as: what you are good at, what you enjoy and what you want from work.
Modern Languages and Linguistics - what University of Sheffield graduates do six months after graduation
This data was collected six months after graduation, so although useful, it doesn't provide a reliable indicator of longer term career paths. Some graduates are still in transition and may be in short term jobs, mainly in administrative, retail and customer service roles, developing further skills and experience while at the same time job hunting, travelling or taking time out.
Graduate case studies
Read about the longer term career paths of University of Sheffield Modern Languages and Linguistics graduates.
What do graduates do? - the national picture
The national Prospects website provides an overview of the graduate jobs market.
Our approach to employability
The University of Sheffield is committed to developing your employability.