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The respondent to this survey is Roland who is from a White British background.
| What qualifications did you hold prior to starting university? | GCSE's and A-levels |
| What was the name of your course? | Chemistry - MChem/Chem |
| While at university have you worked part-time? | Yes |
| While at university have you performed any voluntary work? | No |
| While at university have you undertake any work experience? | No |
| Please give details of your experience? | Worked in various temping jobs through Sheffield recruitment agency in first year. Posts included kitchen porter and silver service |
| How useful did you find this work experience when it came to find a job after graduating? | Not at all |
| What is your status? | Studying |
| Do you feel you have a career plan? | No |
| When did you start thinking about what you wanted to do after graduation? Thinking back did you leave enough time for this? | Start of final year, this allowed ample time to arrange my PhD place. |
| Did you experience any difficulties when it came to finding work after graduation? If yes, please describe some of the problems you faced? | No, but I feel I may have been quite fortunate |
| What do you wish you had known before you started applying for jobs? | There were more options available and not to have jumped at the first opportunity. I was lucky in that things have worked out well but that might well not have been the case. |
| What advice would you give to someone applying for jobs now? | For PhDs in chemistry - Try to meet the prospective research group, as well as look into the research area. It is the group of people you work with which will define your enjoyment of the PhD. |
| Would you have done anything differently while at university to prepare for your career? Please give details. | No, the course was enjoyable and allowed me to progress quite easily to this stage. |
| How do you feel your degree has prepared you for today's labour market? | As I'm not, as yet, part of the labour market I'm not really in a position to answer that. I think my degree taught me how to communicate with people which I guess is pretty important. |
| What impact did your course have on your career aspirations? | Affirmed job choice |
| Did you make use of the careers service at university? | No |
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