Traditionally, philosophy students have found their majors prepared them mainly for teaching positions or as a base for future study. However, it has been proven that no matter how technical or specialized your career field may be, the study of philosophy can give you the basic skills needed for thinking about, analyzing, understanding, and solving problems. Philosophy graduates today are discovering that a wide range of non-academic careers are now opening to them. Among these new careers are opportunities in:
Business: advertising executive; assistant manager; hotels; development manager; manpower services coordinator
Computers: systems analyst, consultant, programmer, technical writer ,Consulting
Education: non-teaching fields of admissions, librarian, residence hall director, provost, archivist
Finance: bank officer, investment broker
Government: officer in armed forces, CIA, congressional staff member, diplomat, immigration, policy and planning consultant, United Nations official, human services agency, county commissioner Insurance
Journalism and Publishing: freelance writer, magazine editor, technical writer
Law: lawyer, criminal justice programs, legal researcher, paralegal, security officer marketing and/or Sales Religion/Ministry
Research: business, education, government, scientific।
Cited From:http://baby.indstate.edu/art_sci/phil/careers.html
March 3, 2008 1:02 AM
