Relevance of geography
As a geography graduate, you will acquire a range of skills that will boost your employability no matter which career field you choose.
Employable:听Geography graduates are听highly employable, as a result of transferable skills and jobs where the specific knowledge and skills of the subject are utilised.
Geography graduates are:听numerate;听literate;听good team workers; can听think analytically听and听critically; have听cultural agility; are听socially and environmentally aware; and are听creative.
Geographers have the ability to听integrate ideas effectively,听problem solve, are听highly computer literate听and have听wider experience due to fieldwork.
Geography graduates are, according to Prospect's , less likely to be unemployed after their degree course than those studying almost any other subject.听
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Value of geographers:听one example is the听geographic information听industry, valued world-wide听at 拢1 billion: almost all major companies now use geographical information, making geography graduates particularly valuable employees given their spatial analysis skills and discipline-specific knowledge.
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Professional:听Geographers who demonstrate their competence, geographical knowledge and skills in the workplace can work towards accreditation with the Society听by becoming听a听'Chartered Geographer'. Chartership recognises experience, professionalism and commitment to geography and brings听benefits for both employees and employers.
