Please help! What kind of career can I go into now with an English degree that is NOT teaching?

Question

Please help. I got in trouble with the law and can no longer teach. What can I do with the rest of my life. I have cried much over this but there has to be something else I am good for and my life cannot be over due to my stupidity.

Answer 1

Some of the wealthiest people in the world have a liberal arts degree. They simply have enough understanding of life that they know that degree title does not have to equal job title.

First to mind is writing in the many forms that writing as an occupation takes. Journalist, copy editor, advertising, corporate communications, editor, technical writer, etc...

Then some that don't come to mind immediately but rely heavily on written communication - who do you suppose writes those job descriptions? HR, how about the people who teach ESL (and don't do so in the public schools)?

Then consider, you have a BA in English. You spent far more time in your degree learning things other than literature. You also learned everything that every other BA holder learned -- that's what makes a liberal arts degree valuable. You may not be qualified to be an accountant, but you can synthesize information and that's worth money in the right market.

Industries like Real Estate, Insurance, Banking, Hospitality, Medical Administration, etc... all welcome liberal arts grads at the entry level.

Nope, life isn't over. You just have to open your eyes and expand your world view. And you have to get some experience in some industry.

Answer 2

Actually, the important thing is that you have a degree. Any more that is the main thing that I look for in my company. It shows that you were committed enough to complete something, which is becoming a less and less common thing.

I look at an English degree the same as a Business Administration degree. So if you have any kind of business sense and organizational skills, you can apply for a lot of different positions in the business arena. Try out project management or try to get into a training department for a business, those both will be good with your background in educating people.

Answer 3

My cousin has a degree in English and she is doing some kind of editing job right now. You can try that.

She too tried teaching for awhile and it wasn't for her. So you can do something with journalism, editing stuff like that.

I am so sorry about you not being able to teach anymore. That must feel awful.

Answer 4

Journalism is a good option. I got a job (English major) right out of college working for a publisher in the advertising department. I wrote copy for catalogs, book jackets and other promotional pieces. I often had to read books in order to write the "blurbs." Hope this is helpful!

Answer 5

You can get involved in something having to do with writing including book editing and journalism.

Answer 6

educational publishing

they need editors at all levels who have some idea of what actually goes on in schools and know when RL school people will understand what is being written.


GL

Answer 7

Good technical writer is always in demand or newspaper proof reader.

Answer 8

You may want to consider retraining. That's the bad thing about liberal arts degrees--they're not really good for much besides teaching.

Answer 9

depends on what you got in trouble for!

Answer 10

you can do anything you put your mind to....gl