The Humanities and Jobs

Many people assume that humanities majors are unable to find jobs after graduation, but that simply isn’t true. Read the following articles to learn more about how humanities majors can and do find fulfilling careers.

Jaschik, Scott. “Study Finds Humanities Majors Land Jobs and Are Happy in Them.” Inside Higher Ed, 7 Feb 2018. Accessed 29 June 2018.
Jaschik challenges the idea that humanities majors are unemployed and miserable post-graduation. Actually, such majors end up employed in supervisory positions and engaged in their work. Jaschik also includes humanities proponent William D. Allen and his argument that more studies should be done on how humanities majors are faring.

Newton, Derek. “It’s Not Liberal Arts and Literature Majors Who Are Most Underemployed.” Forbes, 31 May 2018. Accessed 29 June 2018.
Even though STEM majors are experiencing underemployment the least, liberal arts/humanities majors are not as underemployed as people tend to think. Business and health professionals face high underemployment rates in proportion to how many degrees are awarded. With many schools pushing these programs, there are more people than there are positions.

Sentz, Rob. “What Can You Do with That (Useless) Liberal Arts Degree? A Lot More Than You Think.” Forbes, 19 Oct 2016. Accessed 18 July 2018.
Liberal arts majors have many job opportunities because they have a large range of knowledge. Highlighted in this article are different careers for liberal arts, history, and English degrees. These majors should pick up other technical skills that might be useful, but there is no shortage of job opportunities available.