Ever asked yourself what else you can do with your degree?

Don’t let your degree limit your choices. Chances are when choosing what degree to study you did not think about what career you could get out of it, unless you chose a vocational degree.

So when it comes to starting your job hunt it can be hard to decide what industry you are best suited for in the job market.  Or if you know what industry you would like to enter, it can seem difficult to prove to employers that you have the right skills for the job when your degree was not relevant to your industry of choice.

In order to know what skills you can bring to a job, you need to look at your degree objectively.

So for example, if you are studying physics, you are picking up analytical skills and are good at handling equations. If you think about it, this can be applied to many roles. 

Other skills that you will pick up are researching skills, report writing and problem solving, to name a few, and there are plenty of jobs that can be matched to this. 

The most obvious choices are working for research companies, or consultancies such as Atkins. However there is nothing stopping physicians from entering an IT and finance job, or aerospace engineering, patent work and telecommunications.

These and many more are all industries that would welcome the analytical skills, data-processing and problem solving skills you have picked up during your degree.

A prime example of a degree that has no direct career match is a philosophy degree. As you may have realised, ‘professional philosopher’ jobs are all but non-existent. 

However you are armed with an inquisitive nature, logical and analytical thinking and reasoning skills, willingness to debate a point, the ability to interpret and clarify information and present ideas, and much more.

These skills can lend themselves well to a career in journalism, education, law, and others.

Your choice of degree does not have to dictate your choice of career. If however you need some advice and guidance to understand what career choices are open to you and what skills you can exploit, why not try TARGETjobs Degree matcher tool.

This will let you select your degree and see a list of possible careers available to you to get you started on your path to making a career choice.

Once you select a job it will also inform you of the typical job description, employers and key skills.

If you need more guidance why not try the Career Report tool. This will take you through a number of psychometric tests, and behavioural questions.

Once you have completed all the sections a report is generated that includes a career matching section as well as understanding your capabilities and yourself, and feedback from the test results.

Content was created by TARGETjobs, leading graduate career advice providers. TARGETjobs offers independent reviews on top graduate employers, career planning tools and expert guidance and the largest choice of graduate jobs and internships.