Sample Occupations 

• Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
• Advertising, Marketing & PR Manager
• Archivist
• Attorney
• Book Critic
• Cataloguer
• Charitable Nonprofit Jobs (pdf)
• College & University Faculty
• Copy Editor
• Copywriter
• Desktop Publisher
• Editor
• Employment Interviewer
• English Majors in Business Careers
• Event Planner
• Executive Assistant
• Fund Raising Specialist
• Getting a Job in the Museum World
• Glossary of Writing Careers
• Indexer
• Insurance Underwriter
• Librarian
• Management Analyst
• Medical Transcription
• Meeting & Convention Planner
• News Analyst, Reporter & Correspondent
• Paralegal
• Proofreader
• Property, Real Estate & Community Association Manager
• Real Estate - 7 career paths
• Sales Representative in Journalism & Publishing
• Speech Writer
• Writer & Editor
• Writers & Editors

Technical Writing

• Strategies for Success in Tech Writing
• Technical Communication
• Technical Writers
• Technical Writing
• Technical Writing Careers

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

Publishing Links

• American Book Producers Association
• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
• Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
• Association of American Publishers
• Association of Authors and Publishers
• Association of Directory Publishers
• Book Builders West
• Book & Media Publishing Network
• Chicago Area Publishers
• Chicago Book Clinic
• Chicago Writer.com
• Christian Book Publishers
• City and Regional Magazine Publishers 
• Directory of Magazines
• Directory of Publishers and Vendors
• Educational Paperback Association
• International Publisher's Association
• Magazine Publishers of America
• Media Week
• National Newspaper Publishers Association
• National Writers Union
• Publishers Weekly
• Small Publishers Association of North America
• U.S. Newspapers by State
• The Write Jobs
• Writer's Guild of America
• Yahoo Directory of Magazine Publishers

Technical Writing Links

• Biomedical Writing
• Resources for Technical Writers
• Resources for Technical Writing
• Site for the New Tech Writer
• Society for Technical Communication
• Technical Writing Links

Additional Links

• 90+ Advertising Agencies in Illinois
• American Academy of Poets
• Association of Advertising Agencies
• Author Link for Editors, Literary Agents & Writers
• Collections In the Arts & Humanities
• Creative Freelancers
• Hollywood Script Writing
• Illinois Public Libraries
• Internet Directory of Literary Agents
• Jobs That Are Left (i.e., Left-Leaning Politically)
• National Council of Teachers of English
• Simply Scripts
• Story and Script Development
• Teaching English Abroad

English-Related Job Sites

• Advertising & Media Jobs Page
• American Association of Museums:  Aviso Employment Resources Online
• Chicago Book Clinic Job Line
  Book & Media Publishing Jobs  
• Creative Freelancers On-Line
• Creative Hot List
• English as a Second Language Job Page
• 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
• Library Jobs
• Library Jobs in the Pacific Northwest
• National Diversity Newspaper Job Bank
• News Jobs (links to dozens of media job sites)
• Publishing, Writing & Editing Jobs
• Staff Writers
• The Write Jobs
• WriteSafe

Available in NIU's Career Planning & Placement Center (200 Campus Life Building):
Current Jobs in Writing, Editing & Communications (monthly job bulletin)

NIU Links

• NIU English Department Website