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The Career Clinic - UK


Careers in related areas - analysis, marketing

 
Email your questions about getting into, and getting on in, Market Research to careers@mrweb.com along with your name and we'll pass them to the appropriate expert. Questions and answers will be shown on the site but will be anonymised as carefully as if we were writing up a qual b2b interview. Please note that questions pertaining to careers in unrelated fields - engineering, sales etc.. - will not be answered. All rights reserved.



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Q50.   I have just started in the research industry and have a BSc degree in Maths & Stats. What other career options do I have outside the market research industry, & within the industry if I am interested in health care & the medical field?
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Q49.   I want to work in Marketing. What can I learn/study/do to achieve this? I don't have a degree but I do have 3 A-levels is there any basic or specific qualifications I need to get into a Marketing Assistant role?
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Q50.   I would like your assistance with regard to my future career plans. I have just started in the research industry (marketing science department).
I have a BSc degree in Maths & Stats. What other career options do I have outside the market research industry, & within the industry if I am interested in health care & the medical field.

A.   Kate says: Thank you for your query. If you are interested in healthcare and medical fields but also wish to retain your research skills then I recommend that you try to move into a specialist healthcare/medical research agency where you can combine your skills and interests. Otherwise it may be worth reconsidering your choice of career and looking to move into a different role within the medical sector. Obviously, there are lots of different jobs that you could do in this sector so you would need to investigate further to decide what suits you best.

Q49.   I hope you can help me, I'm 21 and studying CIM Marketing at college. I have just completed my foundation level. I currently work in telecoms company but I want to work in Marketing.
I hope that you can advise me as to what can I learn/study/do to achieve this? I don't have a degree but I do have 3 A-levels is there any basic or specific qualifications I need to get into a Marketing Assistant role?
Any help you can give me Kate would be very valuable.

A.   Kate says: Thank you for your query. As I am a specialist in Market Research Recruitment I can only be of limited assistance to you. However, I recommend that you look at the vacancy pages of Marketing Week or Marketing Magazine which come out every Thursday as you may see Marketing Assistant roles advertised there. Additionally, you could apply speculatively to the Marketing Director of companies that you are interested in working for or contact a specialist Marketing Recruitment Consultancy. Good luck with your search.

   

Key to previous and current Agony Aunts / Uncles


Sinead Hasson, Hasson Associates
Kate Langford, Hasson Associates
Peter McGrath, PSD
Nick Gendler, then of KD Consulting
Debby Robson, then of SLS Services
Liz Norman, ENI
Caroline Steane / Clive Warren, CSA Recruitment
Jenny Bastin, then of Buckingham Personnel
Helen Pegnall, then of ENI






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