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What can i do with a History degree
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Yes it is normal, in my experience, to feel a little disorientated at your stage in the career process. History degrees generally lend themselves to careers in teaching, museum work, writing and so on. You must have a careers service at your institution - they can be very helpful. Also, i recommend googling 'history graduate jobs' or something like that, for inspiration. Good luck!
dont listen to the nay sayers mate, i took a history degree and am soon to qualify as a journalist- my dream career. History is a well rounded degree and having one shows you are able to sift through and distill enormous amounts of info (whats bigger than the past?) and constuct focused answers.
Also it is a classic degree, unlike marketing or some other 'means-nothing-really-despite-sounding-relevant' degree which totally useless for anything except marketing or working in a call centre.
History is a flippin great degree so good luck and don't give up. Also, it makes a more knowledgable person which is great for interviews and stuff like that. just because someone can spew out business mumbo-jumbo jargon on tap, in a seemingly never ending s**t storm, you wouldn't really want to actually talk to them would you? Well i dont anyway.
I graduated in History in '96. I now work for one of the big Civil Engineering companies as a Safety Advisor. I have found my reporting and research skills help me enormously. Don't think that because you have done History you have to become a Teacher or Museum Curator. The transferrable skills you have acquired will serve you well, whatever path you choose. The possibilities are endless!
The field is really open - I am going to do a management training scheme, but the field is open to anything. One thing I should mention - if the idea of working in a museum attracts you, have a look at the pay. I know that money isnt everything, but it really is a very low paid profession.
I wish you the best of luck. I absolutely adore History and it is a prestigious degree within academia. Unfortunately, outside in the real word, it seems to mean little with the 'uneducated'. I graduated with a 2:1 B.A and after 5 years still haven't found a graduate job, let alone one related in the slightest to History. Am I unlucky? Well, I am still in contact with 3 others who I graduated with, and they are in the same situation. So it is more common than you are led to believe. I recently read that each year there are some 86,000 graduate jobs going, but with 200,000 graduates chasing them.
However, I wouldn't have wanted to study anything else. It is not the subject, it is how work and business has changed, and we are now at the mercy of big business who want graduates tailored to THEIR needs.