What job can you find with a degree in history?

Answer 1

Humanities degree graduates have a wealth of skills that are desirable to many different types of employers. During the course of their studies, Humanities students learn a great deal about many topics, improve their writing skills, learn to work on deadlines, learn the finer points of rhetorical argument and fine tune their research skills.

Such a variety of skills is welcome in any of a number of occupations without the need for higher degree studies. The proper use of your electives can focus your degree program to a specialized field or you can leave it wide open to allow yourself the full variety of career paths.

There are a great number of finance related careers that benefit from the problem solving and communications skills that come out of attaining a Humanities degree. Some of these include accounting, banking and insurance work. Going into this type of field will require some background knowledge of finance topics like accounting and statistics which can be handled by taking multiple elective courses with this focus.

The practical nature of the Humanities graduate works well in the field of retail management. You need to be quick thinking as well as quick on your feet for this career. If your management skills are good it can be easy to quickly scale the management ladder and gain a position that has less to do with retail and more to do with management.

Humanities degree students often have the desire to help others and to learn about unfamiliar ways of life. Many Humanities graduates choose to teach English as a foreign language in their own countries and in the far flung corners of the earth.

It can be exciting to travel to a distant location and learn to live in ways you had not imagined. Teaching the language is a skill that can take you anywhere in the world. All it takes is a certification course along with your degree to get started.

Other careers that make use of a Humanities degree include:

• Teacher
• Publisher
• Journalist
• Marketing and Advertising
• Public Relations
• Brand Management
• Librarian
• Police Officer
• IT Consultant
• Computer Programmer
• Insurance Agent
• Government Jobs
• Social Work
• Occupational Therapy

Answer 2

Among the jobs you can consider are: advertising executive, analyst, archivist, broadcaster, campaign worker, consultant, congressional aide, editor, foreign service officer, foundation staffer, information specialist, intelligence agent, journalist, legal assistant, lobbyist, personnel manager, public relations staffer, researcher, teacher . . . the list can be almost endless. More specifically, though, with your degree in history you can be an educator, researcher, communicator or editor, information manager, advocate, or even a businessperson.

Answer 3

Advertising executive, analyst, archivist, broadcaster, campaign worker, consultant, congressional aide, editor, foreign service officer, foundation staffer, information specialist, intelligence agent, journalist, legal assistant, lobbyist, personnel manager, public relations staffer, researcher, teacher.

Of course if you can find those jobs. More often than not you need an advanced degree or a double major. If you're looking for a job then I wouldn't take a History major. I have one. It is completely worthless.

Answer 4

I am a history major so I have researched this quite a bit. If you want to teach at the college level or work in a museum, basically if you actually want to use the history that you learned while in school, most jobs require a master's degree and some require a PhD. If you want to be a history professor at a 4 year university or college, you definitely need to go to graduate school. If you want to teach at the high school level, a bachelor's degree would probably work. Most of my high school teachers did not have their master's degrees. As far as other jobs go, you really aren't limited by your degree because your degree is not in something that is necessarily job specific. Look under Related Links for articles about job possibilities for history majors and history graduates.

Answer 5

Obviously you can become a history teacher, or a history professor. History degrees also apply to further study to become an archivist, librarian, information specialist, etc.

History majors often also go into law, politics, or some kind of public service.

An important thing to remember with a history degree also is that, given the amount of reading, writing, and critical thinking involved, talented history majors are often sought out by employers looking for intelligent people who can pick up new skills fast and deal with problems effectively. Given the right employer, there's really no field you can't go into with a history degree--particularly if you can use it to demonstrate that your brain works better than other people's.

Answer 6

Speaking in general terms, a bachelor's degree in history can lead to a job as a teacher at the high school level and below that level.Also, a history degree can be a step or a qualification to move onto higher levels of education. A law school may require a four year degree in history or other field of study. Additionally, a student may apply to graduate school and earn higher levels of history on the students way to become a college professor.

In many businesses, a four year degree in history may qualify the student for an internal management business position. The company may believe that it costs too much to hire MBA's and they can by an internal training program educate a person for a higher level job in analyses or management.

Answer 7

I obtained a bachelor's degree in history in 1985. Subsequently, I went to law school and have been practicing law for over 20 years.

Answer 8

you can teach a history in high school

Or can work in museum.

Answer 9

Usually it can come down to assisting in the research of others. One of the best things is the possibility of being able to help educate kids about it.