What can I do with a degree in English?

[American Baby]

A degree in English, with my major concentration being professional writing.

NO TEACHING. WHEN I GET OUT OF SCHOOL, I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK.

Thanks for the help!

[joslynn]

Other than teaching the only thing you can do is write a book, or maybe get a job as a journalist.

[george]

List of jobs for a person with a BA in English.
â– A
Account Executive
Actor/Actress
Administrative Assistant
Administrator
Advertising Copywriter
Advertising Sales Manager
Analyst
Artist
Associate Buyer, Retail Store
Assistant Scientific Writer
Attorney
Author - Fiction/ Non-Fiction

â– B
Bank Officer
Biographer
Book Critic
Book Store Manager
Business Manager

â– C
Circulation Assistant
City Manager
College Professor
Columnist/Commentator
Comedy Writer
Communications Manager
Congressional Aide
Consumer-goods Salesperson
Consumer Researcher
Convention Planner
Copywriter
Corporate Communications Specialist
Corporate Attorney
Corrective Therapist
Creative Director
Creative Writer
Critic, Art/Book
Crossword Puzzle Creator
Curator
Curriculum Planner
Customer Service Rep

â– D
Desktop Publisher
Director
Documentation Specialist
Drama Critic

â– E
Editor, Film/Video
Editor, Magazine
Editor, News
Editor, Publications
Editorial Assistant
Educational Program Specialist
Educational Sales Representative
Entertainment Agent
ESL Teacher

â– F
Fashion Merchandiser
Film Critic
Film Researcher
Foreign Correspondent
Freelance Writer/Consultant
Fundraiser

â– G
Greeting Card Writer

â– H
Hearing Officer
Hotel & Motel Manager
Human Resource Specialist
Human Service Practitioner
Humorist/Comedian

â– I
Industrial Trust Analyst
Information Abstractor/Indexer
Instructional Designer
Insurance Agent
Interior Designer
Interpreter & Translator
Investment Counselor/Manager

â– J
Journalist

â– L
Labor Relations Specialist
Lawyer
Legal Assistant
Librarian
Literary Agent

Literary Assistant
Loan Officer
Lobbyist

â– M
Magazine Writer
Management Trainee
Manuscript Reader
Market Researcher
Marketing Assistant
Marketing Manager
Marketing Specialist
Marketing Writer
Mass Media
Media Buyer
Media Planner
Medical Records Specialist

â– N
Narrator
Novelist

â– P
Patient education director of HMO
Paralegal
Personnel Manager
Playwright
Poet
Policy and Procedures Analyst
Politician
Probation and Parole Officer
Product Manager
Program Manager
Project Director
Promotion Specialist
Proofreader
Property Manager
Psychometrist
Public Administrator
Public Relations Specialist
Public Speaker
Publications Researcher
Publicity Assistant
Publisher
Publishing Assistant

â– R
Radio-TV Researcher
Radio-TV Commentator
Radio-TV Newscaster
Reading Consultant
Reading Specialist
Real Estate Agent
Reporter
Research Assistant
Researcher/Pollster
Retail Sales

â– S
Sales Representative
Sales/Service Manager
Script Reader
Script Writer
Singer/Voice
Social Welfare Examiner
Social Worker
Special Events Coordinator
Speech Writer
Sports Writer
Stockbroker

â– T
Talent Agent
Teacher (All Levels)
Technical Consultant
Technical Writer
Training Consultant
Training Specialist
Translator
Tutor

â– U
Underwriter

â– V
Video Scriptwriter/Producer
Volunteer Coordinator

â– W
Web Publication Designer
Web Site Developer
Writer
Writer in Residence
Good luck.

[CanProf]

Have a look at these:

http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/counsell...glish.html
http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/english.htm