He is finding that there isn’t much demand for a degree in history. My daughter found the same thing, but she did a double major, so she is using her psychology major.

Has he checked the Smithsonian? You are in the ideal area for work at museums. That would be a good possibility. Writing may be a possibility, as a research assistant for a professor, or a teaching assistant or lecturer at university. Even with an education degree there isn’t a lot of demand for history teachers, so he may need to look beyond high school to the college system.

Best of luck with it. I hope he finds something that is both satisfying and economically viable.

Actually I agree with the first poster. McDonalds can pay extremely well. I do mortgages all day, Ive seen people from McDonalds pull in 85K a year as managers. Gap employees around 50K. A bus driver almost 90K. The manager at Motel 6 100K plus.

Its not what you do or what you pick, its now you do it. Clearly getting a history degree was a total waste of money. Its clear he has to teach or be a journalist. What other job would pay you for spending 45,000 to be the best person known for what the hell happened in the Civil War? Nobody.

For the job market he is screwed. Now if he has a degree from a college he can just get his teaching certificate. He will most likely teach history. He wont need to go to school for that, just sign up.

Its odviously clear his passion is about this. Maybe he should write a book. But I think most people would agree it was a total waste of money. He just has to be happy in his job. Teaching would be the best choice. Or writing a book. I would actually read it.

The point is very simple. A zit faced 16 year old boy with a fake ID has the same skills as your husband for 99.9999% of all jobs out there. He has to pick a job that he qualifies in, teaching is one.

Since you live in DC, the obvious answer is getting a Fed job. There are enough areas to work in that the degree type is less important, but the universe of different opportunities will be large. The government is almost always hiring. The most obvious division would the the Smithsonian or the Parks Dept. There are some Fed jobs websites which should help.

Lucky for him, he is actually living in one of the few places where he can actually go to work and use his degree. DC is a haven for liberal arts majors.

Here are some ideas:

1.) Try the Center for Army Military History (http://www.army.mil/cmh/) or the Naval Historical Center (http://www.history.navy.mil/). Both are located in Washington, DC

2.) The National Archives which is located in DC has entry-level positions. http://www.archives.gov/

3.) Government Jobs – (http://www.usajobs.gov/) There are a plethora of good entry level fed jobs in DC which require a general BA or BS degree.

4.) The Discovery Channel (http://dsc.discovery.com/) which owns the Military Channel is located in the DC burbs (Silver Spring, MD). Maybe he could intern to get his foot in the door.

I could go on and on. There are many, many jobs in the DC area for someone with his background.

If he truly wants to work in the field he can do it. However, he may have to start at the bottom or work as an unpaid intern during the day and wait tables at night. If History is truly his passion, he should make it work. He is in the perfect place at the perfect time in his life.

Good Luck!!

I basically attended the college of existence for the 1st section and it have been given me no the place, even although i grew to become into merely as smart, then I conformed, have a masters and nevertheless am merely as thick, nevertheless can no longer consistently spell properly, nevertheless might desire to wipe my very own R’s yet can (if I so choose) choose for a learn grant of £one hundred twenty,000 a 12 months, so which you pick. You tell me which one counts and no remember if it particularly is nicely well worth the attempt and the paper it particularly is written on. Yep, hypo under is authentic and that i’m probable the frozen crap he’s speaking of. Bless his cotton socks. there’s no degree in ‘inner-resourcefulness’, yet you decide on them to have the two characteristics and pass further than the situation you’re actually. Onward…. do no longer shop staring at others or over your shoulder (it particularly is once you will see the chip on it), onward…

Tell him to join the military and be a part of history instead of just reading about it. Over the past 17 years, I’ve traveled all over the world, experienced different and unique cultures and feel more connected to society and the past. Although his reason for joining should be more patriotic than practical, the Army and the Air Force have officer programs to help with college debt relief. You can retire with 50 percent of your base pay after only 20 years and salaries are competitive if you account for the tax breaks and housing allowances.

Try the national park service and getting hired on at a national park telling people about the historical things that happened there. The civil war battlefields that have been saved as national parks have some of the best informed and eloquent tour guides I’ve ever met. We were at a couple this summer – Jamestown and Yorktown – and the guides really knew their stuff….. I’ll bet he’d be good at that.

good luck

Chris Berman (of ESPN) graduated with a history degree.

One of Yahoo’s columnists in the Finance section deals with what she calls “Generation Debt”. Some interesting reading.

As to the masters to teach high school, forget it.

My sister has a masters plus 11 years experience, and just recently got a pay raise to put her salary above $40K.

He should’ve thought about that before he started getting his useless degree. If he wants a masters degree but you’ve having trouble paying the bills, he could take out more student loans.

I am having LITERALLY the same problem. I heard that you can substitute teach without having a Masters or teaching certification. That makes decent money, I’m told. I’ll be looking into that myself as soon as I figure out who to talk to!

Good luck, and let him know he’s not alone!