Arts Careers and Graduate Profiles
KickStart Your Career: Arts
The KickStart your Career seminar program helps you explore career pathways and engage with industry. This year's program has ended but you can listen to the seminars and speakers and view presentation slides any time via the Careers and Employment website.
View profiles of Arts graduates working in the following fields:
- Arts Management, Creative Arts, Television and Film
- Business
- Communications, Media and Publishing
- Education
- Environments
- Government, Policy and Development
- HR and Consultancy
- International careers
Melbourne Arts graduates enjoy challenging and rewarding careers in a diverse range of industries, both locally and abroad.
Our graduates find that studying a range of disciplines across their Arts degree equips them with flexible thinking skills and opens up an array of career opportunities.
The graph at right shows the breadth of specialist areas open to graduates of a Melbourne Arts degree.
Graduate Skills Sought by Employers
Today’s employers are seeking adaptable graduates who can respond quickly and creatively to the challenges of the global workplace. In Australia and around the world, surveyed employers highlight the most desirable graduate attributes as matching those acquired through studies in Arts, including:
- enhanced creativity and innovation
- effective critique and analysis
- advanced problem solving
- independent research
- refined interpersonal, written and verbal communication
- strong teamwork and collaboration
In addition, the Melbourne Experience enables our graduates to become:
- academically excellent
- knowledgeable across disciplines
- leaders in communities
- attuned to cultural diversity
- active global citizens
The skills gained through studies in Arts are in high demand from today's employers, and Melbourne Arts graduates enjoy employment rates well above the national Arts average.*
*Source: Graduate Destination Survey 2006, The University of Melbourne
Careers and Employment Unit
The Careers and Employment Unit offers specialist career support to University of Melbourne students and graduates, and builds international professional networks and employment opportunities on your behalf. Careers and employment services include:
- local and international careers consultancy
- local and international employer and alumni networking events
- regular industry careers fairs and on-campus employer visits
- a resource library of careers support publications
- an online jobs database, with more than 7,000 jobs advertised annually.
Website: Academic Enrichment Services: Careers and Employment
Internships and Fieldwork
Integrated Arts internships and fieldwork opportunities enable you to gain real-world experience in your field, apply your knowledge and implement your skills in a professional setting.
The Faculty of Arts offers a variety of internship programs, including:
Intensive fieldwork is also available in many Arts areas, including:
- anthropology
- art history
- Australian studies
- development studies
- geography
- history