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Careers in and out of love

Posted on • Career planning

Are you passionate about passion? Romantic about romance? Are you an engineer of matches or a designer of dating? Especially for Valentine’s 2019, OU Careers Consultant Penny, our expert in careers of the heart, spills the secrets to working in the love industry.

“Hello and a big-hearted welcome to all of you lovely OU students and graduates. As St. Valentine puts on the soft music and turns down the lighting, the dating app industry is booming behind the scenes…

Tinder, for example, has 57 million Tinder users around the world, in 190 countries and 40 languages. This high-growth industry offers a wide range of roles behind the scenes – including coders, software and web designers and data analysts. If you’re studying Computing & IT, Design and Innovation or Economics you’ll find advice on some of these career roles on the ‘Succeed’ tab of your Study Home page (click ‘Study’ at the top of StudentHome) or have a look at our Computing & IT Careers Forum for starting points.

Love needs PR

Love also needs marketing, PR, copywriters and a host of other roles. Check out what 100s of employers are looking for right now on OpportunityHub.

Affairs of the heart and mind

If you’re fascinated by affairs of the heart and mind, you might be attracted by relationship counselling careers. See routes into this line of work on Psychology and Counselling skills and careers.

Love and the law

There are two sides to every (love) story. One occupational field that could see you on the flip-side of love is law. Family law deals with things such as marriage, civil partnerships, separation and divorce. If you can strike a good balance between empathy and professionalism, watch our ‘A Career in Law: Becoming a Solicitor with GLS’ for ideas.

I always remind OU students how much employers love your experience and skills – not only from OU study, but also from everything you did before. Becoming #OUCareerConfident is finding out that following your passions can take you to surprising places.”

Penny, OU Careers and Employability Consultant

OU Careers and Employability Services