Department of English - UNCW http://www.uncwil.edu/english/
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Many occupations today require a college educated individual who can write and speak well, solve problems, learn new information quickly and work well with others on a team This means that college graduates use their education in a wide variety of fields, and your future career may relate more to your personal career interests, work values and transferable skills than any specific academic major. However, the following list contains a representative sample of job titles of former graduates with an English major. Use this as an idea list, and remember that it represents some, but certainly not all, of the careers you might consider.Students obtaining employment immediately upon graduation are usually those with the best college records and a willingness to relocate to find a job. Some of these jobs also require education beyond a bachelors' degree.
| *Account Executive | *Editor, Film/Video | *Literary Agent | |
| *Actor/Actress | *Editor, Magazine | *Loan Officer | |
| *Administrative Assistant | *Editor, News | *Lobbyist | |
| *Administrator | *Editor, Newspaper | *Magazine Writer | |
| *Advertising Copywriter | *Editor, Publications | *Management Trainee | |
| *Analyst | *Editor, Publications | *Manuscript Reader | |
| *Artist | *Editor, Writer | *Market Research | |
| *Analyst | *Editorial Assistant | *Marketing Specialist | |
| *Attorney | *Education & Training | *Marketing Writer | |
| *Author - Fiction Non-Fiction | *Educational Program Specialist | *Mass Media | |
| *Assistant Scientific Writer | *Entertainment Agent | *Media Planner | |
| *Bank Officer | *Fashion Merchandiser | *Medical Records | |
| *Biographer | *Foreign Correspondent | *Narrator | |
| *Book Critic | *Freelance Writer/Consultant | *Novelist | |
| *Business Manager | *Fundraiser | *Paralegal | |
| *Circulation Assistant | *Greeting Card Writer | *Paralegal Assistant | |
| *City Manager | *Hearing Officer | *Personnel Manager | |
| *College Professor | *Hotel & Motel Manager | *Playwright | |
| *Columnist/Commentator | *Human Resource Specialist | *Poet | |
| *Comedy Writer | *Human Service Practitioner | *Politician | |
| *Communications Manager | *Humorist/Comedian | *Probation and Parole Officer | |
| *Congressional Aide | *Information Abstractor | *Product Manager | |
| *Copywriter | *Insurance Agent | *Program Manager | |
| *Corrective Therapist | *Interior Designer | *Proofreader | |
| *Creative Writer | *Interpreter & Translator | *Property Manager | |
| *Critic, Art/Book | *Investment Counselor/Manager | *Public Administrator | |
| *Crossword Puzzle | *Journalist | *Public Relations Specialist | |
| *Curator | *Labor Relations Specialist | *Public Speaker | |
| *Customer Service | *Lawyer | *Publicity Assistant | |
| *Desktop Publisher | *Legal Assistant | *Publisher | |
| *Director | *Librarian | *Publishing Assistant | |
| *Radio-TV Commentator | *Sales Representative | *Special Events Coordinator | |
| *Radio-TV Newscaster | *Sales/Service Manager | *Speech Writer | |
| *Reading Consultant | *Script Reader | *Sports Writer | |
| *Reporter | *Singer/Voice | *Stockbroker | |
| *Research Assistant | *Teacher | *Talent Agent | |
| *Researcher/Pollster | *Social Welfare Examiner | *Teacher (all levels) | |
| *Retail Sales | *Social Worker | *ESL Teacher | |
| *Technical Consultant | *Translator | *Writer | |
| *Technical Writer | *Underwriter | *Documentation Specialist | |
| *Training Specialist | *Video Scriptwriter/Producer | ||
 Influencing
and persuading |
Presenting
alternative view points |
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| Clarifying
ideas |
Making
oral presentations |
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| Problem
solving |
Developing
hypotheses |
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| Comparing
interpretations |
Summarizing
ideas |
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| Thinking
independently |
Editing
skills |
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| Creative
writing |
Oral
and written communication skills |
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Job Listings/Job Search:
The Write Jobs www.writerswrite.com/jobs
The Chronicle of Higher Education Career Network www.chronicle.merit.edu/jobs
Online journal and job site for higher education http://chronicle.com/jobs
Jobs for English Majors (and Other Smart People) www.iusb.edu/~eng/careers.html
MonsterTRAK http://www.monstertrak.com
Job Resources by US Region http://cdc.stuaff.duke.edu/stualum/employment/jobresources/jregion.html
4work Internships http://www.4work.com/
TV Jobs: Broadcast Employment Services http://www.tvjobs.com/index_a.htm
Job Links for Journalists http://www.newslink.org/joblink.html
Advertising and Media Jobs Page http://www.nationjob.com/media
Career Planning & Information:
Careers for English Majors http://www2.uncwil.edu/english/career.htm
Occupational Outlook Handbook: Writers and Editors
http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos089.htm
Careers in English (from Villanova web site) http://www.english.villanova.edu/careers.htm
Organizations & Associations:
Magazine Publishers of America www.magazine.org
National Newspaper Publishing Association www.nnpa.org
National Writers Union www.nwu.org/nwuhome.htm
Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network www.spawn.org
Small Publishers Association of North America http://spannet.org
Association of American Publishers www.publishers.org
Association of Authors and Publishers www.authorsandpublishers.org
Association of Directory of Publishers www.adp.org
Investigative Reporters & Editors http://www.ire.org/
Miscellaneous Resources:
UNCW
Post-Graduate Survey City and Regional Magazine Publishers www.citymag.org
Educational Paperback Association www.edupaperback.org
International Publishers Association www.ipa-uie.org
Book Binders West: Industry Resources www.bookbuilders.org/Res-electronic.html
Directory of Publishers and Vendors www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/pubr.html
Media Week www.mediaweek.com
Multicultural Publishing and Education Catalog www.mpec.org
Board Game Publishers http://boardgames.about.com
Business Book Publishers http://publishing.about.com/cs/businessbooks.htm
Children's Book Publishers http://publishing.about.com/cs/publishers1/index.htm
Publishers Weekly www.publishersweekly.com
Names of Famous English Majors http://www.msstate.edu/dept/english
Authorlink: Information Services for Writers, Editors, Literary Agents
and
Publishers http://www.authorlink.com/index.html
Creative Freelancers http://www.freelancers.com/
Selected Publishers (index of sites)
http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/publishers.html#selected
The Ultimate Collection of News Links (5,900+ US &
International online newspapers) http://pppp.net/links/news/
Broadcasters: Index of Internet Resources
http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/publishers/broadcast.html
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