I suck at history. Miserably. I should be on Fail Blog in my classes

Heheh, I was never good at maths in school.

The only fields I've seen where history degrees by themselves are really useful are archeology and teaching.

Yeah, Im just wondering because Im told archaeology is super competitive but the thing is EVERY job is "super competitive" when I ask anyone who I can call staff at college.

I don't think that teaching is as competitive, but that depends on where you want to teach.

And you're not the only one that's grappled with this problem.

http://www.quintcareers.com/marketi.....s_degrees.html

Mmm yeah that's the thing, I'm being told to look for a job through a degree in philosophy or ethics or history, the thing is there isn't anything direct that isn't too hard to get into or just something directly related like philosipher or historian...

You could get the ethics degree. There can't be that many people in business with that anymore, but then it really doesn't seem to be in demand either.

The article is right though. A lot of employers are looking to see if you are trainable. If you've already gone through the process and pain of sticking to college and actually getting a degree that well puts you in the running. A more specialized degree is only going to matter if you're going for a more technical field like engineering or medicine.

In any competitive field I don't think a single degree is going to get you much more than past the first cut. Unfortunately all of them are competitive lately. Good luck.

Ah thanks, mmm will look into it all with the careers office. Thanks for the input though :P

Good jobs believe it or not are fixing things.

It's very, very debasing to me at least as an income but there's excellent money to be made as an on-call technician, plumber, electrician, any major 'trade'

Then use that money to do something you love like the fellows on TAPS do (Roto-Rooter/plumbing dayjob, ghosthunting hobby)

Yeah thing is I'm completely useless at stuff like that, I never grew up learning anything about how to fix anything though which is what irritates me some days because I don't have the practical skills like that incase some other plan just falls flat.

I actually wanted to be a history teacher, when i was younger. But seeing what i had to do, and the fact that i never really liked school didn't help it ... Well like Kobura said, i am now working at some place else and learning some history more as a hobby ... But beside working as an archeologist being a teacher or working in a museum, nothing come to my mind ...

You can always try one of these, maybe you'll find a new interest and like it after all XD

Mm yeah, will probably find a history teacher and ask them :P

A history degree is like a degree in creative writing. The only thing it allows to to do is teach creative writing. It's a viscous cycle.

Mmm thanks for the info, like how it was a bold answer there, at least I know now that that's what it leads to pretty much then hehe :P

Yes, it's sad that the whole world is coming to be a place that where if you can't provide a service, you are useless.