Sample job
titles of Davidson alums who majored in Philosophy:
Accountant ‘88
Attorney '96
Business Manager ‘96
Caseworker ’97
Chief Financial Officer ‘74
Clinical/Forensic Psychologist ’81
Counselor/Intern '03
Detective ‘84
Director of Ethics and Public Life ‘61
Documentation Technician ’90
Electron Microscopist ‘94
Financial Planner ’96
Lutheran Volunteer ’96
Museum Exhibitions Coordinator ’96
Newspaper Associate Editor ’00
Paralegal ’97
Physician ‘92
Police Officer '00
Policy Analyst ’83
Polysomnographic Technician ’88
Special Education Teacher '05
Stonemason and Student '01
Teacher '01
Trust Marketing Manager ‘95
Other job
titles for Philosophy majors:
Attorney
Clergy
Consultant
Editor
Genealogist
Intelligence Specialist
Journalist
Lobbyist
Non-Profit Administrator
Professor
Publisher
Social Worker
Teacher
University Official
Types of
employers:
Academic & Professional Journals
Archives & Libraries
Bookstores
Business and Industry
Churches
Colleges
Consulting firms
Educational Institutions
Government Agencies
Hospitals
Insurance Companies
Magazines and Newspapers
Museums
Non-Profit Organizations
Political Parties
Publishing Companies
Religious Organizations
Research Institutes
Resources in
the Career Services Library:
Over 1200 books, pamphlets, and periodicals are available in
the Careers Library to help you with self-assessment, career
exploration, the job search, and graduate school planning.
Some good library resources for Philosophy majors looking
for career information include
Careers for Puzzle Solvers and Other Methodical
Thinkers
Careers
for Scholars & Other Deep Thinkers
College Majors and Careers
The College Majors Handbook
Great Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors
A Non-Academic Career? Information, Resources,
and Background on
Options for Philosophers
The Philosophy
Major
Other
sources of information:
Career counselors and faculty members are great resources.
Visit the Careers Office early and often, and make time to talk to
professors in your major and related fields. Professional
associations are excellent sources of career and employment
information, and many of them have websites. Surf the
internet, keeping in mind that many colleges and universities have
websites for their Career Centers and for each academic major,
many of which include career and employment information as well as
links to professional associations and other useful websites.
Consult the following organizations and websites for more
information:
American
Philosophical Association
www.apa.udel.edu/apa
Association for
Symbolic Logic
www.aslonline.org
Davidson
College Philosophy Dept.
http://www.davidson.edu/academic/philosophy/philosophy.html
Univ. of
Delaware Career Services Center, Major Resource Kits
www.udel.edu/CSC/mrk.html
University of
North Carolina Wilmington Career Services
http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/philoreligion.htm
Worldwide
Philosophy Resources
www.erraticimpact.com/html/careers.htm
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