The Graduate Career Guidebook

3rd Edition

By Steve Rook

Chapter by Chapter

ANZ Resources

Chapter 5: Choosing a role

Examples of traditional, new, modern and niche roles

The table below gives examples of traditional, new, modern and niche roles, as defined in The Graduate Career Guidebook.

Roles	Examples
Traditional	Solicitors, doctors, secondary school teachers, lecturers
New	Marketing and sales positions, management accountants, welfare advice workers, therapists
Modern	Managers, software engineers, primary school teachers, journalists
Niche	Agricultural consultants, detective constables, recruitment consultants, retail managers, hotel managers, graphic designers

Useful websites

Graduate trends

www.prospects.ac.uk – Wide range of graduate job descriptions
www.ise.org.uk – Up-to-date employment statistics from the Institute of Student Employers (formerly the Association of Graduate Recruiters)
www.careers.guardian.co.uk – The Guardian’s career web pages
www.highfliers.co.uk – Statistics on graduate employment and recruitment

Popular career options

Professional organisations are usually good sources of information on jobs, internships and career planning; you can find a full list of professional associations on Wikipedia (scroll down to External links to view lists of professional bodies in the UK, Australia and Canada).

You can find a wealth of information on most careers on the websites for Prospects and The National Careers Service.

For example, under the heading of ‘Law Enforcement and Security’, Prospects outlines numerous roles, and what’s involved, splitting them into the following categories:

Intelligence Services
Armed Forces
Law Enforcement and Security
Disaster Management
Cyber Security