What's the job market like for english majors these days?
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If you want to become a teacher i would think its pretty good. All you read about is the shortage of teacher out there.
420121
English will help you in any career.
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If there is a college near you could send out the word to the marketing, business management type majors that you are looking for someone to put together a battle of the bands.  Hopefully someone young and ambitios will reply and you can underpay them due to their eagerness to enter the market....\n\nJust a thought
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i went through a lot before i settled on mine...which is communications. I now realize thats a BS degree and i wish i had picked English, which is what I love. Basically you need to do something you like rather than just pursue the degrees that are going to make you money. You can get a great job after school is over, but if you are miserable is it worth it?
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There are a million things you can do with an English lit degree.  Teaching.  Copywriting. Editing. Publishing. Adversiting. Marketing.  You could use your bachelor degree as a springboard for law school.  Don't listen to the retards you tell you to major in business or journalism because those are the only practical options.  Do what you love and you'll find something to do with it.
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Maybe go back to school and get a masters degree (Im assuming u got a BS and not a diploma in CE)  while u are there take some english classes as electives, do well and apply for jobs:)  good luck!
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About the only thing a degree in English is good for is teaching.  If you enjoy teaching, and like English and Literature, this is a good fit for you.\n\nYou might consider journalism or communications along with an English minor, or make it a double major to open more fields to you.  \n\nIf you enjoy languages in general, you might pursue a course in foreign languages.  The FBI/CIA/NSA pay big bucks for certain languages now, such as Arabic, Russian, and Chinese as well as many others.  You could also work as an interpreter, book translator, and many other jobs .... and of course, you can always teach with this type of degree.\n\nYou may also consider taking a lot of creative writing courses with your English degree and become a novelist, short story writer, and/or poet.\n\nThere are many opportunities for someone in the field of language.  What I tell my daughters is to figure out what they really love to do and choose that.  Money is important, but if you are going to work 40+ hrs a week for the rest of your life, you should be doing something you love.\n\nGood Luck!\n\nSue
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I agree that the entry-level job market is tight right now, but I also know that all of the entry-level employees at the company where I work (a $400 million/year tech service company) went to good schools & got good grades. I think you are still in a much better position than those who didn't study hard in college, but you do have to compete with others like yourself. It's just like when you applied to college -- people with 1300+ SAT scores are dime-a-dozen at the top schools; you had to have something else on your application to make you stand out from the crowd.\n\nYou didn't ask for suggestions but I'll offer some anyway: \n\n - If you can, try volunteering with an organization that offers you an opportunity to develop leadership skills. This will look good to prospective employers, and give you valuable personal experience.\n\n - Move to a foreign country for a year or two and learn the local language. Even if you have to work a blue-collar job there, the cultural & linguistic skills you gain will be invaluable to many employers. And if your English skills are good, you could always teach English there.\n\n--Good luck!\n\nPS: Unless you are a *very* young college graduate, you're an adult, too. :-)
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Basing your choice of majors on the "jobmarket" is ALWAYS a very bad idea.  What you end up doing is selecting a field before you know enough about the subject to know if its right for you.  You also confine yourself to a narroow standard of value: the paycheck.  And there is absolutely no way of knowing what the job market will be in 5 years--much less 10 when you will really need to be establishing a career track.\n\nFor your undergraduate work, choose something YOU are interested in--don't even look at thes so-called "job market guides."  You will get far better grades if you are interested in what you are doing.  Take some courses in other fields with you r electives to get a feel for what alternatives you might also be interested in.\n\nAnd of course, the question you have at this point is "But what if I can't get a job?"  Trading the restof your life for the false security of a job survey is no solution.  But if you are goodat--and enjoy--what you do--your odds will be very good--a lot better in fact.  And here are a couple of tips that may help:\n\n1) your "major" will consist of only a minority of your courses.  Many people take a double major (if this springboards off your minor, it may require no more than 8 courses--less if you use electives).  So you have options--don't committ yourself to early.\n\nAnd find out what non-academic resources your university has available.  There will be internships in different fields (which give youjob experience and a taste of the "real thing"), there are professionals in every field who are only too happy to talk to undergrads--but ralely get a chance because few of you will go knock on their office door and ask! And a wide  array of other resources.\n\nBottom line: THINK FOR YOURSELF! That's what a college education is all about--not job training.
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I just returned from the UK. It is so expensive. I would definitely come to the USA for your education. You sound as if even though you want to major in English - you aren't sure. If that is the case, come to the US. If not, you can always come here for a Master's degree.
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Being an English major, the courses I enjoy are those that focus on literature from the 1600 through early 1900's.  It takes you to the times socially and focuses on events and attitudes of the time the novel was written.  You also learn historical information at the same time.  So in your "A" group I would suggest, Art, Society, and Literature.  You are taken to various parts of the world in this course of study in English and it really opens your eyes to different people, cultures, religious and social beliefs.  AP English Literature would be the other course in your "A" list I personally would suggest.\n\nIn your "B" list I would suggest taking a course directed towards your future goals.  It appears English For the Business World or Advanced Writing are two courses that will prepare you for college.  \n\nThese are my suggestions and I wish you the best in whichever courses you choose to take.  Looks pretty interesting!
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It's possible to find job anywjere arround the world... Especially in Canada... Hehh... Highly priced professionals are be-lingual and expirienced... \n\nSo, depends of:\n\n- your proffesional\n- your expirience\n- your be-lingual status (for Canada: french and english)\n\nSee link bellow for BEST (from my point of view) job scoper in Canada
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Here are some job titles held by persons with a degree in English. Some may require some practical experience (for example, an internship or volunteer work) or other work experience.\n\nJob Titles:\nAbstract Writer \nAdvertising Copywriter \nAdvertising Executive/Sales\nBibliographer \nBookstore Manager \nClaim Adjuster/Examiner \nCopy Editor \nCorporate Communications \nCritic \nCustomer Service Representative \nEditor \nEnglish/Literature Professor \nFeature Writer\nFundraiser \nGrant Writer  \nIndexer \nJournalist \nLegal Assistant \nLegislative Aide \nLexicographer \nLibrarian \nLiterary Agent \nLobbyist \nManuscript Reader \nMarket Researcher\nMedia Planner \nNewspaper/Magazine Journalist \nPoet \nPolicy & Procedures Analyst \nPolitical Campaign Organizer \nPress Secretary \nProofreader \nPublic Affairs Coordinator \nPublic Relations Specialist \nRadio/TV Announcer \nRadio/TV Program Assistant \nReporter \nResearcher \nScreen/Television Script Writer \nSenior Editor \nSpeechwriter \nTeacher \nTechnical Writer/Communicator  \nWriter/Author \nWriting Center Director
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my daughter-in-law is one after graduating from college. She majored in communication-by the way she loves it and is starting to make good money. not a lot of jobs in field-only those with high marks managed a job upon graduating in her class=god luck
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I can answer this question with some accuracy from personal experience. In 2000, the job market was still pretty good with the dot.com boom. The job market was slowing down in the beginning of 2001..when the recession officially started. 9/11 compounded the recession and it was very difficult to find a job then.  I graduated soon after 9/11 and believe me, it was extremely tough.  I think it slowly improved until 2003.  About late 2003..it picked up and economy started to expand until now.  Right now its slowing down a bit, but it is a decent job market.
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Teaching the English language or the literature/grammar class?  The former there's probably some demand for, although budgets have been cut all over.  There's not a huge demand for the altter, but it's possible to get a job still.  If you are interested in teaching secondary school, there's a larger demand for math and science teachers than English.
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The average for an English graduate is £15,636. There's a list of every degree average on The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3561-2470001,00.html