Careers Service
The Careers Service at Leeds College of Music provides current Further Education and Higher Education students with impartial information and advice on various career options, including employment, study and further training opportunities.
Careers information, advice and guidance is also available to recent Higher Education Leavers, who continue to have access to jobs and careers information on the college’s Virtual Learning Environment (SPACE). The college’s “Jobs & Opportunities” page, for instance, lists many music-related local and national part-time and full-time job vacancies, including tutoring and freelance work.
The Careers Service also offers students professional guidance, to assist them in the career planning process, with this service available to them throughout their studies.
Careers information and advice is available:
- On the college’s VLE (Space)
- At the twice weekly drop-in sessions
- By email or phone
- In group sessions and tutorials
- By individual appointment
Students may decide to attend a guidance interview, in order to discuss career plans, options and ideas in more detail. Students can use interview sessions to explore the various career pathways open to them and to consider how best to progress their career ideas, which may relate to employment, training or postgraduate study.
The service provides information, advice and guidance on:
- CV writing and job applications
- Job hunting and preparation for employment
- Accessing careers information and resources
- Identifying the career options open to a graduate of Music
- Developing career planning and decision-making skills.
Upon successful completion of their course of study, many of our FE Leavers decide to continue their studies at Higher Education Level. Recent students have progressed onto Music-related courses both here at Leeds College of Music and at other Higher Education Institutions in the Yorkshire region.
Other FE Leavers gain places on HE courses at Universities elsewhere in the country and decide to study on both Music-related and non Music-related courses at Foundation Degree or Degree level.
As Music graduates, our Alumni have a range of employment options open to them; they can choose between jobs and employment, which are Music-specific or relate to interests and elements of their degree. Graduate employment opportunities and vacancies are very often open to graduates of any degree discipline.
As graduates of Leeds College of Music, our Alumni may decide to enter the music industry as a member of a band, group or orchestra, or as a freelance or session musician. Our HE Leavers also decide to work as self-employed music tutors, whilst others train to teach in secondary education or find employment in Further Education colleges.
Recent Alumni have gained work in sound engineering and recording or opted to take an administrative role within the Creative and Music Industries.
The college’s Knowledge Transfer Unit also supports students and Alumni, through enterprise-focused events, business start-up support and other projects.