What careers and jobs can I get as a history major?

Question

Ha Ha HA. As amusing the janitor and burger flipping jokes are, they are only funny the first time around. Annoying the third and so on time around and thus not as witty as you think.

Academic scholar?

You mean this exists as a paying career? Details please!

Answer 1

I am a History major about to graduate...

There are any number of things that you can look into...

Public History (archives and so on...)
Law School
Various Government Positions
Teaching

Rather than list everything off here... check this site out... i found it useful when I began the search...

http://www.historians.org/pubs/Free/careers/Index.htm

Answer 2

First and foremost, don't listen to the negative people, there advice just stems from their shortcomings and their anxieties in life. So what, you majored in business, I cant tell you how many employers I spoke with who don't want to touch business majors, they see them as people with NO intuitive skills, or analytical abilities which are highly sought after, and are the most prevalent amongst history majors. So what you majored in engineering and you make a ton of money. I have met a ton of engineers who sold out for the sake of money, and hate their life. History has enabled me to really put the world into perspective and I wouldn't have changed a thing. Don't be a fool and get caught up in the rat race because of some idiots advice. Do what makes you happy, your only impediment for doing what you want is yourself. Martha Stewart, Conan O'Brien, Kareem Abdul Jabber, Ed Norton, Lee Iacocca, MANY presidents, and many more successful people were history majors. Don't ask what you can do, its more like what cant you do, honestly. College is about the emergence of you as a person, not being an idiot and measuring your shallow, void of a life by having a "better degree."

Answer 3

1. Academic scholar
2. Journalistic work...eg with a historical magazine
3. Business ....many liberal arts majors go into general/management consulting. All companies care about now is whether or not you have successfully completed a 4-year college degree.
4. Anything else you wish to get into......think of why you were attracted to major in history and find careers that fulfill that same need.

Answer 4

Secondary education teacher.

A lawyer, you need to apply to law school, of course, and continue your education.

Then any other job which a liberal arts degree is considered an accomplishment - usually office worker.

If you have connections, public relations. You could be a journalist. Just need to find your talent, if you write well and are curious, journalist is an interesting job, although not great paying.

Answer 5

Here is a version of what my Department hands out:
WHAT DO I DO WITH A HISTORY DEGREE?

A History degree can be an end in itself, a springboard to further education or the entry into a career. People do lots of things with a History degree. Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard has a degree in medieval history. Lester Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968 and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, taught history at the University of Toronto. A history degree was also the first training for David C. Drummond, Vice President (Corporate Development) of Google, Sony CEO Howard Springer, Steve Sanger, CEO of General Mills…and Neil Tennant lead singer of the Pet Shop Boys!

Some people get a History degree for the same reason they get other good Arts or Science degrees – to be well educated people who understand the world better. Many take a History degree not just for the information about the past that they learn but even more for the skills they acquire. Skills in reading, research, analysis and writing, which form the core of a training in History, are skills demanded in many lines of work. Our History graduates have taken their degrees and gone into occupations ranging from banking to literacy training to law enforcement to small business ownership.

History is also an excellent first degree for those intending to go on to more advanced education in a number of fields. For many students this means a Bachelor of Education degree and a career in teaching, either at the elementary or secondary level. Others choose professional training in journalism, business or law. Masters level graduate work in library and information science, archival studies or museology is also available to History graduates. Others who earn a BA (History) go on to post-graduate work in History.

Where do those with a full professional training in history work? Some are professors of history at colleges and universities. Others work in the public sector in settings as diverse as the Parks Service and the Department of Defence. Some work as writers, researchers and consultants in areas such as heritage policy, historical preservation and genealogy. Many are employed in public and private archives and museums.

So, what do you do with a History degree? Whatever you want to do with it!

Answer 6

Teaching
Museum Work
National Park Service...anything. Check out this website, it really helped me : http://www.historians.org/pubs/Free/careers/Index.htm

Answer 7

I see a promising career for you in the custodial arts.

Answer 8

work at a museum (watch "a night at the museum" with ben stiller! its a riot!!!!) as a tour guide, teach history

Answer 9

teacher, historian, working in a library, tour guide, art expert, lecturer.
those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it.....

Maybe even Antiques Roadshow?????

Answer 10

consider food service
or add something to that degree