Whenever a student expresses interest in history, or any humanities- or liberal arts-related course, the question they hear most is, “What job will you get afterwards? You’ll just become a teacher?” Or something to that effect. Not being “computer science” or “microbiology,” humanities subjects are fighting to prove themselves relevant today.
Interestingly enough, despite the view that history majors have limited jobs open to them, humanities majors have proven and are proving themselves in the general workforce. The statistics say that 1 out of 3 Fortune 500 CEOs have Liberal Arts degrees. A number of those are history majors. The negative perception of history majors and humanities majors is persistent, but not realistic. A degree in history gives its students a wide array of skill sets that they can bring into practically any field of the workforce. Visit http://hankeringforhistory.com/careers-for-history-majors/ |
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