History degree

head_honcho

Sorry for another history degree thread. I have a history degree and masters. Love the subject so I did the course. Hoped to get work in a history-related job but this does not seem possible. I'm weighing my options and am curious what people with a history qualification have found work in or was it a case of further education? Thanks

Bepolite

head_honcho wrote: »

Sorry for another history degree thread. I have a history degree and masters. Love the subject so I did the course. Hoped to get work in a history-related job but this does not seem possible. I'm weighing my options and am curious what people with a history qualification have found work in or was it a case of further education? Thanks

You can do entry into Blackhall as a solicitor - I love the historical elements to law and frankly there are a lot of transferable skills imho.

pow wow

Public Sector management. I had career experience before doing the History degree as a mature student though

PinkCat86

I have a history degree and now I am a NQT, not much prospects long term in teaching though

head_honcho

Thanks for the replies.

PinkCat86 wrote: »

I have a history degree and now I am a NQT, not much prospects long term in teaching though

Yea, I've been thinking about teaching, preferably primary, but am slightly put off by the lack of prospects, I've been reading it here and elsewhere quite a bit!

PinkCat86

trying to get into primary TEACHING is almost impossible unless u are fluent irish I tried three times before I went for post primary diploma in education. Very little options with this. be cautious!

head_honcho

PinkCat86 wrote: »

trying to get into primary TEACHING is almost impossible unless u are fluent irish I tried three times before I went for post primary diploma in education. Very little options with this. be cautious!

Yeah, I hear ya. My lack of Irish was a deterrent for me applying for primary teaching all along, as well as the job prospect 'issue'. Similarly, I wouldn't be as interested in secondary teaching. I know people who had no joy with finding second level jobs and moved to England. Thanks for the advice!

ionapaul

I've a BA in History and English (the classic combo!) and an MA in History, went working in the dotcoms immediately after finishing the MA (spent a year in California at university researching for the thesis and got a supplementary work visa there as a result), there were lots of opportunities to get into the marketing/technical writing side of things when you can show you've strong writing skills. Worked as a marketing exec/manager in a few places in the US and Ireland and then moved into an online company's internal copywriting department (so, a company that needs so much copy that they need an internal team, rather than outsourcing it like most small companies would do), and am most recently managing that copy team.

I think having a degree in History gives you so much freedom, it is great.

head_honcho

ionapaul wrote: »

I've a BA in History and English (the classic combo!) and an MA in History, went working in the dotcoms immediately after finishing the MA (spent a year in California at university researching for the thesis and got a supplementary work visa there as a result), there were lots of opportunities to get into the marketing/technical writing side of things when you can show you've strong writing skills. Worked as a marketing exec/manager in a few places in the US and Ireland and then moved into an online company's internal copywriting department (so, a company that needs so much copy that they need an internal team, rather than outsourcing it like most small companies would do), and am most recently managing that copy team.

I think having a degree in History gives you so much freedom, it is great.

Thanks for the reply. I've been desirous of staying in the area of history so haven't given other areas much thought!

Jim2007

Your degrees show future employers that you got ability and once you step out of the English speaking world you become more marketable because degrees are not nearly as common.

Why not try and get on a graduate program with one of the European multinational such as Nestle, Deutsche Bank, Roche or similar and see where it takes you? Such companies usually offer a 12 to 18 month program where you get to work in different parts of the company and in different locations at the end of which they offer you something permanent in an area that interests you.

Boldberry

How about working for a genealogy site? There's one that is recruiting currently, I can't remember the name but if you google it should come up.

head_honcho

Boldberry wrote: »

How about working for a genealogy site? There's one that is recruiting currently, I can't remember the name but if you google it should come up.

Thanks, I'll google that now!

Ann Landers

Hi Head Honcho.

Just writing here to let you know, I have a friend who graduated with a history degree in 2013 who has been accepted onto an accounting traineeship with one of the big 4.

No idea if that'd be of any interest to you, just thought I'd let you know of another possible option.

You wouldn't even have to continue in accountancy after the traineeship but it'd be a fall-back.

head_honcho

Ann Landers wrote: »

Hi Head Honcho.

Just writing here to let you know, I have a friend who graduated with a history degree in 2013 who has been accepted onto an accounting traineeship with one of the big 4.

No idea if that'd be of any interest to you, just thought I'd let you know of another possible option.

You wouldn't even have to continue in accountancy after the traineeship but it'd be a fall-back.

Thanks for the reply Ann. TBH I'm open to different/any possibilities at the minute!