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Career Opportunities

Careful training in research, writing, critical reading, and interpretation makes history graduates attractive to a great number of employers who value these abilities. History majors enjoy a high rate of employment in a wide variety of careers, including politics, law, business, education, journalism, foreign and civil service, editing, and private research.

Click on www.historians.org/pubs/free/careers/index.htm for information from the American Historical Association.

Click on www.gvsu.edu/lakerjobs for information regarding Grand Valley State University's Career Services opportunities.

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