“Most graduate employers don’t care what the topic of your degree is,” emphasises McNally. “They want people with the skills to do the job. Graduates are highly sort after because of the broad range of skills that study at higher education develops in you.

“As an example, I needed a degree for all my jobs for the past decade. I have a history degree and a master’s in political science. At no point has my understanding of the French Revolution or Gramscian interpretations of the state ever come up in my job. But my ability to read a lot of information from different sources and coherently summarise it for others gets weekly use. My ability to speak publicly, give presentations, organise calendars, write reports… these were all developed as part of my studies.”

So don’t feel like you’re limited by your subject area – your degree can open doors in so many places. Identifying the transferable skills you gained can help with matching these up to careers. Think too about what you enjoyed about your time at university: did you love collaborating with others, voicing your opinion or being creative? This can help you identify what you’re passionate about, even if it’s not specific to what you studied.

“I often advise people to look at the Civil Service jobsite,” says McNally. “Look at everything from around £25-30k and look at what skills they look for. You’ll be surprised at how many of them don’t say ‘you need a degree in X’, and that loads of jobs in totally unrelated fields to that which you studied are actually open to you.” This is true of lots of organisations who simply want people who have gained the skills a degree gives.

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