Jobs for English Majors
English Program

As an English major, you have a wide and exciting selection of careers. English majors are trained to write well, to organize ideas in a logical way, and to develop arguments. You can analyze complex information, research, and critically read and observe. With these skills, you can work for book publishers, hospitals, television networks, advertising firms, and the government. Employers, graduate schools, and professional schools often seek out well-rounded English majors because they are versatile, able to utilize their training as writers, thinkers, editors, and teachers in fields such as medicine, law, business, media, and public service.

• Medicine, Law, Business
• Publishing
• Writing
• Education
• Information and Research
• Media
• Politics and Public Service
• Miscellaneous

Student Interviews

• Michi Trota, part-time editorial assistant
• Miranda Max, Screen Magazine intern

Further Reading

DeGalan, Julie and Stephen Lambert. Great Jobs for English Majors. 3rd. ed.

       Columbus, McGraw-Hill, 2006.

Eberts, Marjorie and Margaret Gisler. Careers for Bookworms & Other Literary

       Types. 3rd ed. Columbus: McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Lemire, Tim. I'm an English Major Now What? New York: Writers Digest Books,

       2006.

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