History Majors.... Ano ang trabaho after?

[phersaios]

Balak ko kasi kumuha ng Ab in history since this is really my first love. Is there a high paying job na naghihintay sakin aside maging curator sa museum at maging professor? Help naman guys....

[coffee crumble]

maybe teach abroad? i'm not so sure of any other options for history majors eh. sorry for the useless reply >_<

[ace_diamond]

You can take education units then take the Licensure Exam for teachers, you can also pursue graduate studies to teach in college. If not in the academe, a graduate of AB history may be hired as researchers, can also work in museums, and join the callcenter bandwagon :D

[ace_diamond]

if you're talking about high paying job, improve your spanish speaking skills, they are in demand for call centers looking for bilingual agents. I believe AB History's curriculum has foreign language subjects (especially spanish since a big part of our country's history was written in spanish)either as electives or part of the required subjects. Although it might not be enough, you can continue your spanish studies sa Instituto Cervantes.

Some reality check, a lot of times, we end up in jobs totally unrelated to our college degrees. One notable AB History grad who work in different field is Delamar of RX 93.1 who works-- obviously-- as a DJ there.

[ron_pacman]

usually teaching job.

[phersaios]

how about foreign service?

[ace_diamond]

how about foreign service?

You need to be well versed on topics relating to the international community, such as international law, international organizations like UN, EU, ASEAN, regional and global politics etc. and there is also a part on the exam that will test your foreign language capabilities.

just a question? are you an incoming freshman or a fresh grad?

[phersaios]

already graduated pero hindi history ang first course ko. hehehe but its my lifetime love :-)

[ace_diamond]

and why would it matter to you whether it's a high paying job or not? :) I mean to say, if you really love it(history) I think a skyrocketing salary would not be your priority. I know, getting paid for doing something you love is cool but I don't think it works that way in the real world. case in point, some professors in UP were recruited by private universities to join their faculty roster but since they love what they do (teaching UP scholars) even the promise of a big jump in salary was not enough to persuade them to join the ranks of their colleagues who were earlier recruited by those private universities. :)

[ace_diamond]

already graduated pero hindi history ang first course ko. hehehe but its my lifetime love :-)

if you're already a graduate and wants to work in Foreign service, you can take the FSO exam regardless of your degree as long as you have a good grasp of the concepts in the area of international community.

[onthego]

Hey, I've been wondering about that myself so I looked it up and most of the jobs I saw were in the academe. But there are also openings in foreign service, historic preservation (NGOs), publications (editing, scholarly works) and of course, museums. (Slightly related: I actually do want to work as a curator. Alas, I don't have the training for it. I will eventually. :D )

It's also possible to get jobs not at all related to your course as long as you're interested in doing the work. If you'd like to know about different job opportunities, you can try career guides like dbjobs.com.ph (http://www.dbjobs.com.ph). They might give you an overview of what's available out there. Related or unrelated to your course.

[kaningbrown]

I love history, but it's only a hobby for me.

The only type of income I think you can get is through teaching, getting government-funded research or writing books.

Yeah, we need better History books.

http://redkinoko.blogspot.com/2007/05/historys-misunderstood-characters.html

[phersaios]

syempre sometimes you would need to be practical din di ba? yep i agree with kaningbrown, mali mali ang kasaysayan na tinuturo ngayon sa mga students. how sad....

[kaningbrown]

If it's really practicality you're going for, find a course that you can really bank on for work. Studying history can be your secondary profession.