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Final Year Arts...whats next?

  • 22-03-2013 11:00PM
    #1
    memoryflower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭


    I'm a final year arts student, majored in Italian, sociology and political studies. No idea what to do next. Open to everything. Thought about applying for Masters in Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, or going into Primary School Teaching. Applied for a teaching job in Dubai. Or should I just take a year out to 'find myself', but by doing what?? Would appreciate any suggestions or advice! Such a confusing time!!! :confused:
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  • #2
    playedalive
    Closed Accounts Posts: 750 ✭✭✭playedalive


    Hi! I am pretty much in the same scenario as yourself. I am in final year arts too (French and Spanish). For me, I have ruled out going straight into a masters programme. I think a lot of people decide to do them without any real idea of what they want to do with them. Personally, I would like to be a secondary school teacher. But, at the same time, it's very difficult to get into it and you'd need to be sure it's what you really want. To combat this, I decided to apply for a TEFL course and see if I'd like teaching. Also, you can travel with it. I also applied for graduate programmes like IBEC EOP, uploaded my CV to the likes of Paypal and Yahoo. If you google them with careers/recruitment, you should find out about them.


  • #3
    memoryflower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭memoryflower


    Hey thanks for your suggestions! Yeah I think TEFL is probably the best route for me also. Your right about the masters, thing is if I got accepted anywhere I'd more than likely persuade myself into thinking that that's what I wanted! Best steer clear of them for a while! I looked into the other links too, interesting language opportunities with Yahoo. Again, thanks for your advice and best of luck with exams, I assume we're all in the same boat - library time! :)


  • #4
    cogra10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭cogra10


    Im the same, doing my in English and And Archarology. Haven't a clue what my next step is and lot of pressure on to have a plan of some sort. Im trying not to apply to a masters cos dont really wanna jump straight into one ideally find a job for the next year while trying to figure out what to do. However thats very unlikely as I have no experience and every job even basic want experience, so could be diving into a masters in Sept!


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