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ENGLISH

English provides you with skills for a variety of positions in business, research organizations, educational settings, publishing companies, financial institutions, and in the cultural, entertainment, communications and health care industries.
English majors very often seek out careers in publishing, public relations, advertising, media or teaching. Occupations to be considered are copywriter, columnist, commentator, critic, editor, production assistant, public relations representative, reporter, correspondent, technical writer or writer/author.

English as a major, however, is versatile and helps develop skills useful anywhere. Your major is only one of many variables to be considered. Many careers do not require a specific major, but rather a wide range of demonstrated skills and accomplishments. Effective career decision-making is based on the thorough assessment of one's skills, interests, values and experiences.

English Department web site: http://english-newark.rutgers.edu/

SAMPLE OCCUPATIONS
Abstract Writer Advertising Copywriter Bibliographer Continuity Writer Copy Editor Corporate Communications Specialist Editor Grant Writer Indexer Lexicographer Manuscript Reader Newspaper/Magazine Journalist Proofreader Public Relations Specialist Researcher Screenwriter Script Writer	Writer/Author Writing Center Director Consumer Affairs Investigator Customer Service Representative English/Lit. Professor Fund-raiser Librarian Lobbyist Market Research Analyst Media Planner Policy and Procedures Analyst Press Secretary, Government Radio/TV Announcer Screen/Television Script Writer Speech Writer Teacher, Social Studies Technical Writer/Communicator

Organizations who have hired Rutgers-Newark Graduates:
EMCORE Corporation Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc. Natural Resources Conservation Service University of Pennsylvania Press Seventeen Magazine Fox News Channel City of New York - Department of Consumer Affairs Columbia Journalism Review Country Inns Magazine Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.	US Magazine Los Angeles Times YM Magazine Wall Street Journal American Geographical Society Sports Illustrated National Book Foundation Pearson Education Spotlight Magazine Women's Day Magazine

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Career Development Center 360 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Hill Hall room #313 Newark, NJ 07102-1801
(973) 353-5311 fax: (973)353-5355 questions or comments?