Studying business at the University of Plymouth will open a wide range of career choices for you. With the skills, knowledge and commercial awareness acquired through a business degree programme, careers in accountancy, project management, consultancy, banking, analytics and many more are open to you.
You may however wish to explore other pathways that will make use of a more specific knowledge and skills set that you have developed. Maybe you have a passion to support, motivate and encourage people in the workplace, and so a human resources role might suit you. The public and charity sectors will take on business graduates to harness their commercial awareness and business acumen for public/charitable benefit. Some graduate schemes to consider are
The Local Government Graduate Development Programme or the
Civil Service Fast Stream. Or, maybe your outgoing personality will help you soar as a sales executive.
Since specific career paths may be less obvious it is important to use your research skills to explore the range of opportunities and to consider your personal interests, motivations, values and strengths. Also, don’t forget that some employers will accept applications from graduates with a degree in any subject.
Researching your career options
Given the diversity of career options open to business graduates, it is important to research and explore these fully so that you can make informed decisions about your future.
The following websites provide helpful information on options with a business degree:
Employment opportunities
Below is a snapshot of what University of Plymouth business graduates told us what they were doing after 15 months from graduating; for some graduates these roles served as a stepping stone by providing relevant work experience.
- Account Manager
- Accountant (Training for ACA Chartership)
- Assistant Buyer
- Bid Writer
- Bids Manager
- Business Consultant
- Business Development Manager
- Change Management Consultant
- Client Support Specialist
- Consultant, UK Investment Management
- Continuous Improvement Manager
- Creative Marketer
- Customer Success Manager
- Data Analyst
- Data and Campaigns Marketing Analyst
- Employment Advisor
- Graduate Management Trainee
- Graduate Project Manager
- HR Account Manager
- Human Resources Graduate Scheme
- Learning Development Specialist
- Operations Manager
- People and Organisation Graduate
- Police Officer
- Primary School Teacher
- Procurement and Supply Chain Graduate
- Project Coordinator
- Recruitment Consultant
- Secondary School Teacher
- Social Media Marketing Consultant
Employers
- Admiral
- Allium Environment
- Babcock International
- BAE Systems
- Brights Solicitors
- Brunel Professions
- BT
- Cardiff Council
- Cisco
- Coreus Group
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Galliford Try
- Hays Recruitment
- IAG Cargo
- IBM
- Kuehne+Nagel
- London Metropolitan Police
- Marriott
- Ministry of Defence
- Network Rail
- NHS
- Nintendo UK
- Oracle
- Osprey Flight Solutions
- PFK Francis Clark
- SEI Investments Limited
- Surrey Police
- Toyota GB
- University of Bath
- YouGov
- Young's
*Data is from the Graduate Outcomes Surveys covering the three years of 2018/19 – 2020/21. Graduates were surveyed 15 months after graduating. Data displayed is for UK-domiciled, first degree, full-time graduates who are working, studying or looking for work.