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What Can I Do With a History Major?
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History Department Career Network A list of alumni with connections to the history department who have volunteered to share career advice with current Hanover students (or prospective students). |
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Advice about the Work World
Hanover College Career Center, Liberal
Arts Skills at Work (2007)
The Career Center staff helps students "understand the value of their education"
and of the analytical and communication skills they have developed here "so
that they may sell those skills to potential employers."
Hanover College Career Center, Informational
Interviewing (n.d.)
The Career Center staff helps students use informational interviews to learn
about careers that interest them or to find job leads. Note that this document
is useful preparation for contacting alumni on the History Department Career
Network (see above).
Advice about Graduate School
Thomas H. Benton, The
5 'Virtues' of Successful Graduate Students (2003)
An English professor gives brutally honest advice about graduate school.
John King and Andrew McMichael, Inscribing
Your Future: The Trials and Tribulations of Applying to Graduate School
(1998)
Two graduate students give insiders' advice on choosing a school and getting
accepted.
The Law School Admissions Council provides advice on Thinking about Law School, Applying to Law School, and related topics.
Our Career Center recommends
Which Graduate School Is Right For
You? at gradschooltips.com.