8 things every student needs to know about a career in marketing

This week some people in the UK will be getting A-level results. Other students will be have just graduated from college and university.

Congratulations!

Now the fun really starts as you plan your next steps. You may be looking at further education or you might want to dive right into the world of work. Either way, a marketing career has a whole host of options for you and there’s a gazillion ways you can find your first job — although, being an extremely popular career path, you’ll need resilience, bravery and a smart mind to beat the competition.

To find out what a marketing career entails and how to get a leg up finding your first job, you’re in luck — I published a book in 2021 specifically for you -students and aspiring marketers who are struggling to find out what it’s like and how to find a job in marketing, advertising, media and PR. You can find ‘Brands, Bandwagons & Bullshit’ here.

Still unsure? here are 8 reasons why a career in marketing departments or agencies might be the best move you make:-

1. Diversity

In the traditional sense, marketing still has some way to go, according to the 2020 Marketing Week Career and Salary Survey. The rather woeful prognosis was that 88% of the 3,883 respondents…