English - What to Do with this Major
Job Titles
| Account Executive | Documentation Specialist | Playwright |
| Administrative Assistant | Editor | Poet |
| Administrator | Editorial Assistant | Proofreader |
| Advertising Copywriter | Freelance Writer/Consultant | Public Administrator |
| Analyst | Greeting Card Writer | Public Speaker |
| Attorney | Information Abstractor | Publicity Agent |
| Author | Journalist | Publisher |
| Biographer | Librarian | Publicist |
| Book Critic | Magazine Writer | Radio-TV Newscaster |
| College Professor | Manuscript Reader | Reading Consultant |
| Columnist/Communicator | Market Researcher | Reporter |
| Comedy Writer | Marketing Specialist | Research Assistant |
| Communications Manager | Marketing Writer | Sales Representative |
| Copywriter | Narrator | Speech Writer |
| Creative Writer | Novelist | Teacher |
| Critic, Art/Book | Paralegal | Technical Writer |
| Desktop Publisher | Personnel Manager | Writer |
Personal Characteristics to be Successful
| Analytical | Disciplined | Motivated |
| Articulate | Empathetic | Observant |
| Artistic | Ethical | Open-minded |
| Candid | Focused | Responsible |
| Communicative | Imaginative | Sympathetic |
| Creative | Inquisitive | Tactful |
| Curious | Investigative | Understanding |
| Dedicated | Literate | Well-read |
Workplace Skills
Analyze information
Communicate with superiors and other staff
Consult with colleagues and clients
Create multi-media promotional materials and training resources
Develop public relations materials
Distribute information (electronically and in hard copy)
Draw conclusions and communicate views
Facilitate meetings and training opportunities
Edit written materials
Inform others verbally and in writing
Manage people
Manage publications
Perform research
Summarize information
Teach creative writing
Teach grammar
Teach literature
Write advertising copy
Write articles
Write internal directives
Write news releases
Write news stories and features
Write speeches
Sources
University of North Carolina at Wilmington: Career Services
(What can I do with a major in...) Web site (visited August
2006): http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/index.htm
Vocational Biographies (2001). English Professor (Series E, Vol.
6, #17) Sauk Centre, MN: Vocational Biographies, Inc.
Johnson County Community College, Web site (visited October
2007): http://www.jccc.edu
