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Start with the list of resources below for some answers to your questions about careers for English majors. You'll be surprised.

• If you want to be a teacher, start with the NCTE site (National Council of Teachers of English)

• "What can you do with an English Major?: Article in College English (PDF format)

• From UNC-Wilmington:
  
  
  • Many occupations today require a college educated individual who can write and speak well, solve problems, learn new information quickly and work well with others on a team This means that college graduates use their education in a wide variety of fields, and your future career may relate more to your personal career interests, work values and transferable skills than any specific academic major.
    
    
  • What are those skills?
    
    
    • Conducting and using research
    • Writing for different audiences and purposes
    • Influencing and persuading
    • Presenting alternative view points
    • Clarifying ideas
    • Making oral presentations
    • Problem solving
    • Developing hypotheses
    • Comparing interpretations
    • Summarizing ideas
    • Thinking independently
    • Editing skills
    • Creative writing
    • Oral and written communication skills
      
      
• Related Career Titles for English Majors includes a list of representative job titles of former graduates with an English major. Use this as an idea list, and remember that it represents some, but certainly not all, of the careers you might consider. Students obtaining employment immediately upon graduation are usually those with the best college records and a willingness to relocate to find a job. Some of these jobs also require education beyond a bachelors' degree.

• What can I do?: From UT Austin (PDF format)

• Careers for English Majors: From Kennesaw State University