To all those who have studied or study history

[tibilicus]

I did Classics and Philosophy and was hired by the Foreign Office before I left Uni. Historians are vastly under-rated in todays jobs market in my opinion. Without the perspective that a study of history gives you cannot see the bigger picture, nor begin to fathom long term consequences of decisions made today.

Interesting. What was your CV like in addition to your degree though? And I'm assuming you went to a Russel Group university. Apparently the civil service fast stream tends to take on a lot of historians.

[tibilicus]

I did Classics and Philosophy and was hired by the Foreign Office before I left Uni. Historians are vastly under-rated in todays jobs market in my opinion. Without the perspective that a study of history gives you cannot see the bigger picture, nor begin to fathom long term consequences of decisions made today.

Interesting. What was your CV like in addition to your degree though? And I'm assuming you went to a Russel Group university. Apparently the civil service fast stream tends to take on a lot of historians.

[edyzmedieval]

Perhaps consider Political Science as an alternative to history?