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Note: This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of occupations associated with this major. English Majors enter a variety of occupational fields. Refer to other WebLink pages for additional occupations, job descriptions and job search sites.
Sample Occupations
- Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
- Advertising, Marketing & PR Manager
- Archivist
- Attorney
- Book Critic
- Cataloguer
- Charitable Nonprofit Jobs (pdf)
- Children's Literature Author
- College & University Faculty
- Copy Editor
- Copywriter
- Desktop Publisher
- Editor
- Employment Interviewer
- English Majors in Business Careers
- Event Planner
- Executive Assistant
- Fund Raising Specialist
- Guide to Careers in Science Writing
- Glossary of Writing Careers
- Indexer
- Insurance Underwriter
- Librarian
- Management Analyst
- Medical Transcription
- Medical Transcriptionist
- Meeting and Convention Planner
- News Analyst, Reporter & Correspondent
- Novelist
- Paralegal
- Proofreader
- Property, Real Estate & Community Association Manager
- Real Estate Career Paths
- Sales Representative in Journalism & Publishing
- Speech Writer
- Writers and Editors (Including Copywriters and Technical Writers)
- Writers & Editors
Technical Writing
Additional Occupations
Examples of Employers
- Advertising Agencies
- Associated Press
- Book Publishers
- Cable Systems
- Financial Firms
- Government
- Homepage Developers
- Hospitals
- Industrial Firms
- Lobbying Firms
- Magazines
- Medical Institutions
- Newspapers
- Not-for-Profit Organizations
- Political Parties
- Professional Associations
- Public Relations Firms
- Publishing Firms
- Schools, College & Universities
- Sports Organizations
- Television Studios
Occupational & Professional Information
- Absolute Write
- American Book Producers Association
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
- Association of American Publishers
- Association of Directory Publishers
- Book Builders West
- Chicago Area Publishers
- Chicago Book Clinic
- Chicago Writer.com
- Children's Literature - Resources for Writers and Illustrators
- Christian Book Publishers
- City and Regional Magazine Publishers
- Directory of Publishers and Vendors
- Duotrope – Markets for Writers
- Educational Paperback Association
- Institute of Children's Literature
- International Publisher's Association
- Magazine Publishers of America
- Media Week
- National Newspaper Publishers Association
- National Writers Union
- Public Relations Society of America (PRSA, National Website)
- PRSA (Suburban Chicago Chapter Website)
- Publishing Central
- Publishers Weekly
- Romance Writers of America
- Small Publishers Association of North America
- Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
- U.S. Newspapers by State
- The Write Jobs
- Writer’s Groups and Associations
- Writer's Digest
- Writer's Guild of America
- Yahoo Directory of Magazine Publishers
Technical Writing Links
- Bioscience Writers
- Resources for Technical Writing
- Site for the New Tech Writer
- Society for Technical Communication
Additional Links
- 90+ Advertising Agencies in Illinois
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences
- American Academy of Poets
- Association of Advertising Agencies
- Author Link for Editors, Literary Agents & Writers
- Collections In the Arts & Humanities
- Hollywood Script Writing
- Illinois Public Libraries
- Internet Directory of Literary Agents
- National Council of Teachers of English
- Simply Scripts
- Society of Professional Journalists
- Teaching English Abroad
English-Related Job Sites
- Advertising & Media Jobs Page
- American Association of Museums: Aviso Employment Resources Online
- Chicago Book Clinic Job Line
- Creative Hot List
- ESL & TOEFL Jobs
- Film Career Connection
- Graphic Design, Writers and Web Project Jobs
- Information Professionals Jobs (mostly libraries)
- Ink Tip
- Journalism/Writing Job (Long List of Links)
- Journalist Job Links
Teaching English as a Second Language
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