Sunday, March 9, 2008

Career Options for English Students

Do you love to study English? Have a knack for poetry and literature? Got a creative mind that loves to go beyond? Well, if English is your passion, there's great promise ahead of you. With English becoming the dominant global language of the 21st century, a plethora of career opportunities have opened up for English students all over the world.

Students of English are typically in demand for their writing and reading skills, and can opt for a variety of careers in government, business, research, education and publishing, as well as in the cultural, entertainment, and communications industries. Gone are the days when career options for English students meant teaching in schools and colleges, or at best, working in a journalistic capacity. With the spread of globalisation and the advent of the Internet, a host of hitherto unknown career opportunities have come to the fore. Of these, some of the most well known are advertising copywriter, technical writer, content writer, language trainer, scriptwriter, radio and television copywriter etc.

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