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You haven't said anything about your background.

So I'm going to say, the army.

Biomedical Sciences graduate

Marketing Internships/Placements/Temp Contracts... so forth

2.i+? or 2.2?
Warwick? Reading? or Northumbria? London Met?

If you're before the 'or' then surely the NHS has jobs or pharma.

If you're after the 'or' then do a PGCE and teach.

2:2, but I never want to revisit my horrible degree, let alone seek a job in it.


It was a redbrick that I went to; You really shouldn't categorise those who have graduated from lower universities as inclined for teaching... A degree is a degree, regardless of the institution that it was taught at..

Hows that job hunt working out for you?

The people who go to South Bank/London Met aren't as good as the ones who went to LSE/UCL. Pretty much simple as

For me, I went to a plate glass university, 2.1, Times 100 grad scheme

If you're looking for advice you might want to mention things like 'I don't want to do anything to do with my degree', or teaching, or the army.

And I hope whoever gave you pos rep a minute a go has by now left a helpful comment for you.

Definitely not the three that you have mentioned then. What are you working as at the moment?

Not entirely helpful to giving more suitable suggestions.

So I'll answer your question in the same vein, I'm an IT Business Partner.

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And surprise surprise, whoever repped you didn't actually try and offer you any help :P

You might like to try your hand in the med comms industry. Basically advertising, very fast paced, great with a bit of science knowledge but not necessary.
There are some young, really thriving firms out there if you look properly - sign up to a few med comms recruitment agencies. It's all about the specialised niche markets that the average person isn't aware of (not saying that's what it is, but I'm sure there are many out there)


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Not entirely helpful to giving more suitable suggestions.

So I'll answer your question in the same vein, I'm an IT Business Partner.

Edit
And surprise surprise, whoever repped you didn't actually try and offer you any help :P

Marketing is horribly competitive.

I have a First (from a polytechnic) and am joining the NHS GMTS in September. My degree is in Business Management, and all my chosen modules were marketing ones, my dissertation was regarding consumer behaviour i.e. marketing.

I love marketing, but it was bloody hard to find a marketing job I liked that wasn't very low level and hard to go up the ladder with. Its quite a difficult sector IMO. So I didn't actually apply to any. Having studied a lot of marketing I realised that what I liked was essentially understanding what motivates people to behave as they do; but I don't need a marketing job to be able to do that in my career.

What is it about marketing you like? What made you opt for it? Exactly what roles are you going for? Have you considered what companies you are passionate about and looking up graduate roles with them, but potentially not in the marketing sector?

One of my friends is in almost in your shoes; did a biochemistry degree and now doing MA Management. There are crazy amounts of business grads; I was very conscious of how to make myself stand out, especially going to the uni I did. It must be even harder trying to enter into the marketing sector with a science related degree.

I've been applying for Marketing jobs and it's horribly competitive. My degree is Media and from what I've heard they prefer business grads with first or 2.1. Your degree is kinda weak so maybe look elsewhere.

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Weak?

What happened to your Master's?