Who says you can only flip burgers if you major in English?! Millsaps grads with a major in English have many different options for exciting careers in diverse fields----at least that's what we discovered when we surveyed English majors who graduated from Millsaps between 1988 and 1998 about their careers.

These former English majors report that their Millsaps education and training helped them land and keep good jobs in such fields as:

• Mental health therapy and crisis counseling
• Human resources consulting
• Law
• Advertising and media buying
• Public relations
• Freelance writing
• Journalism
• Teaching in elementary, junior high, and high school
• Directing scholarship programs
• Publishing
• Managing sales accounts for major national companies
• Management within computer programming
• Information technology
• College-level teaching
• Medicine and medical research
• Venture capital and equity fund management
• Commercial leasing and property management
• International business
• Politics (one of our graduates is the mayor of a small Mississippi town!)

What are the best ways to transform your experiences at Millsaps into a rewarding career? Here's some very practical advice from our former graduates!

• Have an open mind and be willing to take good opportunities that come your way
  
• Take courses in various fields and consider double majoring or pursuing a minor
  
• Use the resources at the Millsaps Career Center and pursue internships
  
• Be proud of your Millsaps degree and remember you've gained valuable skills and ways of thinking critically
  
• Network, volunteer, and write as much as you can
  
• Apply for international fellowship and exchange programs
  
• Talk with your advisor and other English department faculty
  
• Enroll in graduate or professional school: Here's what our former graduates say they found most valuable about their experiences in graduate or professional school

Want to see more helpful statements from Millsaps English majors? Click here.