This list is by no means exhaustive. These books and articles are ones that have come to our attention as good places for English majors to start.
English Grads, Brilliant Careers, from UW Arts & Sciences Perspectives.
The
Business Case for Reading Novels, Harvard Business Review.
8
College Degrees That Will Earn Your Money Back from
Salary.com.
So
You Got an English Degree... Now What?, from MSN Careerbuilder.
What
Can I Do With My English Major? UW Career Center.
Reality
Check on an Old Myth: the "Unemployable" Liberal Arts Major, UW Transfer
Newsletter.
Eight
Reasons Not to Get a Business Degree, CBS News.
Silicon
Valley Needs Humanities Students, Entrepreneur.
An
English Degree Can Translate Into Opportunity, Washington Post.
A
Liberal Take On Hiring, Bloomberg Businessweek.
Jobs
for English Majors: They Do Exist, from The Salary Reporter.
Five
Ways to Turn That English Degree Into a Real Job, The Fiscal Times.
What
Light Through Yonder Recession Breaks: English Majors Can Get Tech Jobs
Too, from BetaBeat.
English
Majors Can Overcome the Stereotype, Use Their Degree in the Job Market, The
Daily Emerald.
What Do Employers Really Want from College Grads? from American Public Media.
Linked to UW Libraries pages:
Great
Jobs for English Majors, Julie Degalan and Stephen Lambert (McGraw-Hill,
2006)
Good
Work:When Excellence and Ethics Meet, Howard Gardner, Mihaly
Csikszentmihalyi, William Damon (Basic Books, 2002)
Why Choose the Liberal Arts?, Mark William Roche (University of Notre Dame Press, 2010)
I'm an English Major - Now What? How English Majors Can Find Happiness, Success, and a Real Job, Timothy Lemire (Writer's Digest Books, 2006)
Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads: Finding a Path to Your Perfect Career, Sheila Curran (Ten Speed Press, 2006)
What Can You Do With an English Major? Real People, Real Jobs, Real Rewards, Shelley O'Hara (Cliffs Notes, 2005)
Jobs for English Majors and Other Smart People, (Peterson's Press, 1991)
career articles and books