Jobs Related to English	
SKILLS NEEDED — English majors are the communication leaders in the work world.  Technical skills needed include knowing how to 
read and understand, write clear using correct grammar, speak with knowledge.  Non-technical or soft skills needed include ability to listen, 
friendliness, empathy (ability to know how another thinks and feels), respect, and professional body language (hand gestures, posture, eye 
contact) and active listening (ask clarifying questions and rephrase what person says:  "So what you are saying is . . . ").  Communication 
leaders need critical thinking skills, ability to make good decisions, confidence to help others solve pr oblems, desire to be life-long learners.
Actor & Singer
Agent, Singer/Actor/Musician/Sports
Administrative Assistant & Secretary
Advertising Director
Advertising Script & Slogan Writer
Anthropologist  & Archaeologist
Air Traffic Controller
Airline Pilot & Navigator
Announcer  & Auctioneer
Automobile Salesperson & Manger
Book Store Owner & Manager
Blogger & Social Media Writer/Editor
Broadcast Technician
Business  Owner, All Types
Buyer, Retail & Wholesale
Camp Counselor & Director
Career Guidance Technician
Cartoonist & Greeting Card Writer
City Events & Parade Director
City Manager
Counselor, All Types
Court Reporter
Critic, Film/Video/Television
Customer Service Representative
Disc Jockey
Dispatcher, Police & Fire
Editor, Book, Media, News
Employment Counselor Foreign Ambassador & Correspondent
Ghost Writer
Global Communications Specialist
Government Elected Office Holder
Grant Writer & Grant Manager
Graphic Artist
Hairstylist & Barber
Human Resources Specialist
Insurance Agent  & Appraiser
Interior Designer, Home/Business
Interpreter & Translator
Journalist & Reporter
Judge, Arbitrator & Mediator
Labor Relations Specialist
Lawyer & Paralegal & Judge
Lexicographers (Dictionary)
Librarian & Library Aide
Literary Agent
Manager & Supervisor, All Types
Marketing & Internet SEO Specialist 
Mayor
Medical Transcriptionist
Meeting & Convention Planner
Military Leader
Motivational Speaker
Museum & Film Archivist
911 Emergency Operator
Park Ranger & Game Warden Pastor, Priest & Youth Leader
Pharmacist & Pharmacy Aide
Photojournalist
Playwright & Poet
Police & Fire Dispatcher
Politician & Lobbyist
Psychologist & Psychiatrist
Public Relations Specialist
Purchasing Agent & Manager
Radio/Television Commentator
Real Estate Agent & Broker
Recruiter, Military & Business
Researcher
Sales Rep & Manager
School Counselor & Administrator
Securities Sales & Stock Broker
Social Media Specialist
Social Worker
Speech Therapist & Reading Tutor
Sportscaster & Sports Writer
Teacher & Trainer, All Types
Travel Agent & Tour Guide
Wedding Consultant
Writer — Ghost, Fiction, Nonfiction, 
Technical, Training Manuals, Social 
Media, News, Opinion, Speech, Travel, 
Marketing, TV, Radio, Movie, Stage