Indeed, since the s, this has been the case. In the s, many businesses, such as banks, hired recent-graduate history majors to become trainee bank officers; my brother-in-law followed this career path and just retired from J. Morgan Chase after a 40 year career. But do you see vast numbers of homeless former history majors huddling around heating grates in your hometowns every winter? I think not. So history majors DO get jobs; the question is more accurately: What jobs?
That is the long answer, and it is pretty diverse. Traditionally, probably the single biggest post-graduation destination for history majors is law school.
This is what I did when I graduated from college; I applied to law schools my senior year and went straight to law school the fall after commencement only later, after 4 years practicing law, did I go to graduate school in history.
However, many postgraduate courses accept graduates from any subject and this allows history graduates to enter careers as diverse as:. Courses of further study include the Graduate Diploma in Law GDL , one-year teacher training courses, Masters courses in information management and museum studies, and certificates in corporate finance and personnel practice.
For more information on further study and to find a course that interests you, see Masters degrees and search postgraduate courses in history. The top five jobs held by history graduates employed in the UK 15 months after graduation are marketing associate, secondary education teaching professional, sales and retail assistants, other admin occupations and HR. For a detailed breakdown of what history graduates are doing after graduation, see What do graduates do?
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University life Changing or leaving your course Alternatives to university. Log in Register. On its list of top skills employers look for in entry-level roles, Forbes includes the ability to make decisions, solve problems, draft reports, and process information.
Forbes also suggests that employers want job candidates who are persuasive, effective communicators. History builds research and analytical skills through critical reading and writing assignments. A history student must craft a persuasive argument backed by evidence from primary and secondary sources, often drawing on quantitative and qualitative materials to make their case. In the same way history majors must learn to analyze information to reach evidence-based conclusions, they must contribute to discussions and may even need to present their arguments orally.
These demands strengthen skills like communication, which is increasingly valuable in the workplace. When it comes to hiring, Maddow said, "History is kind of the king. There are a lot of myths out there about history majors.
According to these myths, professionals with a history degree make less money than those with different degrees and face higher unemployment rates.
The facts show that history majors face lower unemployment rates than economics, business management, and communication majors. In an American Community Survey ACS conducted between , the unemployment rate for history majors sat several percentage points below the national average, within half a percent of the unemployment rate for all degree-holders.
Do history majors make less than other majors? Humanities majors generally earn lower salaries than engineering or business majors. However, the salaries of jobs for history majors vary greatly depending on the field. So what jobs can you get with a history degree? The answers might surprise you. What are the most common careers for history majors?
In fact, education, the legal field, and business make up around half of all careers with a history degree. History majors become high school social studies teachers, librarians, archivists, and museum curators.
They work in government, administration, and public services, fields that require strong communication and writing skills. People don't often associate history majors with management roles, yet ACS data shows that management represents the second-most-common job for history majors.
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