On June 25th, Forbes published: "The College Majors Most Likely To Get You Hired In Your Field And Outside Of It," which sites English as one of the most versatile majors, allowing grads to find opportunities in a variety of fields.

From the article:

Young professionals with social sciences and humanities degrees, Kantenga said, seem to be in a “sweet spot” in today’s labor market because even if they can’t find a job in their desired field, over 60% have been able to find work in other industries.

“If you look at the first couple of industries for them, it’s professional services, which is running slow, and financial services, which has also been running a bit slow although it's a bit steadier now,” said Kantenga. But, he added, in a low-hire market where the chance of finding a job in those traditional fields has been down, “more than half of social science majors are actually finding opportunities elsewhere.’’

He points to English majors as a specific example, where 69% have found jobs outside of their traditional industries. During a time when AI is automating ever more routine tasks, human skills that can’t be duplicated by tech, like communications and relationship-building, are increasingly important, he emphasized.