Creating specialist careers advice for journalism students: Tailoring the message to suit the media

Miller, Liz (2015) Creating specialist careers advice for journalism students: Tailoring the message to suit the media. Journalism Education, 3 (2). pp. 103-116. ISSN 2050-3903

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Abstract

This paper is based on research related to improving employability outcomes for journalism graduates by creating specialist careers workshops aimed at getting jobs in the media sector. While many universities have centralised careers departments, media employers are often looking for tailored one page CVs and cover letters that require specialist knowledge of the industry. Journalism and media students face a particularly competitive employment market as an increase in the number of courses offering these undergraduate programmes combines with a contracting pool of paid entry-level jobs. Those from widening participation backgrounds are at an even greater disadvantage. Using action research methodology, this paper aims to analyse student experience of university careers advice and gauges their preparedness for the jobs market. Research consists of semi-structured interviews following a specialist careers workshop with a group of third year students. Theoretical texts, including Wolf’s Does Education Matter (2002) and Collini’s What are Universities For? (2012), inspire discussion points, such as the role of work experience and internship, building confidence in widening participation students and the importance, or not, of a vocational degree to succeed in the profession.

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Date Deposited:	01 Mar 2017 12:42
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URI:	https://marjon.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/15427

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