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Sample job titles of
Davidson alums who majored in Theatre & Speech:
Accountant '82
Actor 03
Army Platoon Leader '03
Box Office Manager/Asst. Stage Manager 97
Children's Theatre Director '97
Constituency Outreach and Support '03
Corporate Accountant 82
Director of Admissions and Financial Aid 81
English Teacher '00
Estate Planning Advisor '89
Headmaster '81
Journalist 81
Music Theatre Fellow '03
National Sales Representative 90
Platoon Leader '03
Production Associate '98
Real Estate Broker '81
Restaurant Manager '92
Senior Human Resources Representative 93
Software Support Analyst 84
TV Producer 85
Youth Minister '97
Other job titles for
Theatre & Speech majors:
Advertising Manager
Audio-visual Production Specialist
Costume Designer
Dance Therapist
Drama Coach
Drama Critic
Journalist
Lawyer
Lighting Designer
Performing Arts Manager
Playwright
Professor
Public Relations Representative
Set Designer
Speech Pathologist
Stage Manager
Types of employers:
Advertising & Public Relations Firms
Business & Industry
Commercial Art & Photography Firms
Dance Companies
Educational Institutions
Government Agencies
Libraries & Museums
Motion Picture Studios
Newspapers and Magazines
Private Art Foundations
Publishing Companies
Radio/Television
Recreation Centers
Theaters
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 Theatre & Speech majors looking for career
information include
Career Opportunities in the Film Industry
Careers
for Persuasive Types
Careers
for Talkative Types
Careers
for the Stagestruck & Other Dramatic Types
Entertainment Law Careers
Great
Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors
Great
Jobs for Theater Majors
How to Be a Working Actor
Jobs in Arts and Media Management
Media Internship Book
Peterson's Professional Degree Programs in the Visual and Performing Arts
Other sources of
information:
Career
counselors, alumni, and faculty members are great resources. Visit
the Careers Office early and often, and talk to professors in your major
and related fields. Ask at the Careers Office for help locating
Davidson alums in career fields that interest you and set up informational
interviews with them. 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 these sites include career and employment information as well as links
to other useful websites. Consult the following organizations
and websites for more information:
Actors Equity
Association
http://www.actorsequity.org/
Davidson College
Theatre Dept.
http://www2.davidson.edu/academics/acad_depts/theatre/theatre2.htm
Dramatists Guild
www.dramaguild.com
National Association of
Broadcasters
www.nab.org
National Dance
Association
www.aahperd.org/nda
Screen Actors Guild
www.sag.com
(Current as of 12/05)
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