Hello. My name is Jaden and I\u2019m a third-year student here at UMass Lowell. I\u2019m majoring in English with a concentration in Journalism and Professional Writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently, I\u2019m an intern for the University\u2019s Career & Co-op Center. The center has tons of great career, internship, and co-op resources for students so I will be blogging about my own experiences using those resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I get further along in my college career, I\u2019m starting to wonder what post-grad life will be like. One of the biggest questions on my mind is: what can I do with my major? It can be a daunting thought for sure, but I guess it\u2019s better to consider my options before graduation sneaks up on me. For my third blog post, I decided to write about a Career and Co-op Center resource called What Can I Do with This Major?<\/a> It shows potential career paths you could take based on your major. Picking a career, and even a major, isn\u2019t an easy choice so I wanted to share a resource that could help with that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n First, I went to the Career and Co-op Center webpage<\/a>, then to the section for undergraduate students, and clicked on the Exploring Majors and Careers link since the website is linked on that page. Getting to it was very easy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Once I was on the actual website, it got even easier. One of\nthe tabs at the top of the page gives the option to view all majors and I was\nable to find English under the Language, Cultures, and Humanities category. I\nwas also able to find English and journalism listed under the Communications\ncategory as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For English, there were tons of different career options\nsince it tends to be a broad major. A few areas English majors could go into\nwere writing\/editing, technical communication, publishing, education, advertising,\npublic relations, law and business. I was glad to see that technical\ncommunication was on the list since it was a path I was considering. However,\nthe law option surprised me because I always thought only political science or\ncriminology majors went into law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Each area also listed job responsibilities, types of\nemployers, and strategies to gain skills for that type of job. For example, as\npossible job responsibilities, technical communication listed technical writing\nand editing, science and medical writing, grant and proposal writing, software\nand hardware documentation, information technology writing, human-computer\ninterface design, corporate communication and training, and mechanical\ncommunication. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall, this website was super helpful. The career information\nwas extremely straightforward and easy to understand. Now I know exactly what\nmy career options are with an English degree! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello. My name is Jaden and I\u2019m a third-year student here at UMass Lowell. I\u2019m majoring in English with a concentration in Journalism and Professional Writing. Currently, I\u2019m an intern for the University\u2019s Career & Co-op Center. The center has … Continue reading