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| Careers in English BUSINESS [ Law ] [ Medicine ] [ Business ] [ Teaching ] [ Publishing ] [ Theatre ] Although an English major by itself will not qualify you to be the next CEO of Microsoft, businesses do value the clarity of thought and expression which the study of language brings. In addition to obvious positions like public relations or technical writing for industry, an English major whose other coursework has included basic finance, economics, accounting and management will find that her superior writing and speaking skills will lift her application for employment above those of her less literate colleagues. The head of sales does not want to spend months teaching his junior reps how to write an effective letter. "But what if I don't want to spend my life in sales or p.r.? Do companies really see English majors as executive material?" Nick Corcodilos of the Headhunter.com website has some encouraging words for liberal arts majors who want to make their way in the business world: "Your advantage is that with a liberal arts degree, you possess many fundamental skills and attributes that your competition may lack. Skills:
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These fundamentals can be applied to business. In fact, they're important advantages in the business world . . ." (For the full text of this essay, see http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/haliberalarts.htm.) According to a Fortune magazine article from the middle 1990s, nearly 1/3 of the country's CEOs majored in traditional liberal arts disciplines. The study of literature can teach you to read well, to write well, and to think about complicated questions in complicated and flexible ways. If you really want to swim with the sharks, you're going to need all of that. [ Law ] [ Medicine ] [ Business ] [ Teaching ] [ Publishing ] [ Theatre ]
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