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Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors: History

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;collegecareerlife&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2008&sol;12&sol;History3&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3296" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 7px&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 7px&semi;" title&equals;"History" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;collegecareerlife&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2008&sol;12&sol;History3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"480" height&equals;"150" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Who majors in history&quest; Future business executives&comma; lawyers&comma; politicians&comma; and writers&period; With a history degree&comma; you are not limited to a particular occupation or field&period; Many history majors go on to obtain a doctorate&comma; business or law degree&period; If you aren&&num;8217&semi;t sure about graduate school &lpar;or want to take a break from school&rpar;&comma; but still want a history-related job&comma; consider the following careers&colon;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; bold&semi;">Librarian <&sol;span> <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Although many librarian positions require a degree in library science&comma; many smaller libraries will accept a bachelor&&num;8217&semi;s degree in any subject&period; Knowledge of history would be a great advantage for a librarian since many people visit libraries in order to conduct historical research&period; My hometown librarian was also the town historian &period; Whenever I was writing a paper and needed to research the area&&num;8217&semi;s history&comma; he was the person to consult&period; Librarians must have good interpersonal skills and patience because they interact with visitors of all ages&period; Average annual salary&colon; &dollar;50&comma;970&period;&ast;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; bold&semi;">Curator<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"> Curators acquire items for exhibit collections&comma; develop database systems used for record keeping&comma; conduct research&comma; supervise museum staff&comma; and negotiate the sale or loan of items&period; They promote the institutions for which they work by attending community events&comma; educating the public&comma; and organizing tours&period; Budgetary guidelines and institutional policies are also part of a curator&&num;8217&semi;s responsibilities&period; Most curators work for museums&comma; universities&comma; or local government&period; Demand for curators is expected to grow much faster than average through 2016&period; Average annual salary&colon; &dollar;46&comma;000&period;&ast;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; bold&semi;">Archivist<&sol;span> <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Archivists appraise&comma; acquire&comma; preserve&comma; and classify historical documents&period; They may conduct research related to documents and provide assistance to other researchers needing to use these documents&period; To make access to records easier&comma; they copy them to other formats&comma; design classification systems&comma; and maintain computer databases&period; Demand for archivists is expected to grow faster than average through 2016&period; Average annual salary&colon; &dollar;43&comma;110&period;&ast;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; bold&semi;">Museum technician<&sol;span>&sol;<span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; bold&semi;">conservator<&sol;span> <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Museum technicians assemble exhibits&comma; clean items&comma; and arrange artifacts for display&period; They may specialize in a certain type of artifact&comma; such as books or paintings&period; Additional responsibilities include giving tours&comma; supervising volunteer workers&comma; and determining repair needs&period; Demand is expected to grow faster than average through 2016&period; Average annual salary&colon; &dollar;35&comma;350&period;&ast;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">To see more jobs for liberal arts majors&comma; read Jobs for Psychology Majors and Jobs for English Majors&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">&ast;For more details about the each job&comma; including responsibilities&comma; values&comma; skills&comma; and projected growth&comma; visit <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;online&period;onetcenter&period;org&sol;">O&ast;Net<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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