In thinking about the journey to your career, it is helpful to remember that students of the ancient and medieval past are also humanists. Many of the skills that we prize are also cultivated in other humanities disciplines, and so career advice and employment statistics for the humanities often apply quite readily to us. The links on this page provide samples of both practical advice and large-scale documentation.

Advice

• "Branding and Marketing the Classics Major" (Katharine Brooks) 
• Making career-oriented choices during a liberal arts degree
• Translating a liberal arts background into a marketable professional profile 
• Breaking into writing work as a humanities major
• Applying humanities skills to the act of job-searching

Reports and interpretation

• The State of the Humanities 2018: Graduates in the Workforce & Beyond (American Academy of Arts and Sciences), discussed by:
• Humanities Grads Gainfully Employed and Happy" (Inside Higher Ed)
• Liberal Education and the Future of Work: Surveys of Business Executives and Hiring Managers (Association of American Colleges and Universities), discussed by:
• "Yes, Employers Do Value Liberal Arts Degrees" (Harvard Business Review)
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Outlook for the Liberal Arts (2017)