To ask what your high-paying jobs are?

[patienceandprudence]

My DD is in uni doing History. We’re working class through and through, and while she we were chatting about jobs she said that more than anything she’d like to earn a good amount. I’ve no idea what to suggest and DD only came up with a role in the Civil Service.

I always see people on here with high-paying jobs. What could she do with a History degree?

dh works in digital educatuonal publishing for a famous firm and has a history degree. earns 140k. in the UK he tells me, the subject of your degree matters not a jot really, its more your grade and where you did it (he is oxbridge). he was a management consultant before.

he hates his job though I should add and wishes he could jack it in for something lower paid and more rewarding!

Civil service is not high paying at all but is very secure with a good pension. I would NOT recommend it if she is keen, hard-working and bright. There are so many better opportunities out there.

I have a history degree and work in the consulting industry. You can do loads with a history degree. She just needs to look at times top 100 employers and most of them will have jobs she could do.

I think civil service sounds like a good option. It’s not 6 figures unless you are very senior but you can get paid very decently at lower levels - the median pay at the body where I work is £65k. I did a humanities degree and am on £46k, potentially rising to £50k next year, at the age of 26 and thankfully with no management responsibilities.

All the people recommending Law are forgetting she is studying History.

What's high paying to you OP?

Mine is high paying I run a business it's finance related

Financial services can be very lucrative

I don’t work for the ‘official’ civil service I should say, but another national public sector body. I usually say civil service to distinguish from local government etc but there are so many bodies out there - I think there’s a list on the gov website.

@sst1234 so she does a law conversion. DH read history.

To me, high paying is 100k plus. This is what I think top lawyers and those at the top of their game earn.

If she's at a top university then one year law conversion, followed by lpc. Then corporate banking legal trainee.

But only if she's at a top uni

@patienceandprudence

Do six-figure jobs exist outside of London without starting your own business?

Yes of course they do

Look at graduate programs for consulting companies - E&Y, PWC, Deloittes etc. Beyond that I can't really help as I did computer science.

@Dishwashersaurous

If she's at a top university then one year law conversion, followed by lpc. Then corporate banking legal trainee.

But only if she's at a top uni

No GDL and LPC now. she will need to go the SQE1/2 route.

@sst1234 it’s very common to go into law from a history degree, you just have to do a conversion course (which are widely available and I think take a year).

I don’t have a degree and am a chartered accountant earning very decent money (although I’m on mat leave at the moment). I’m also ridiculously unhappy with my career and want to do something less corporate and more worthy. Money isn’t everything!

@sst1234

All the people recommending Law are forgetting she is studying History.

No because you can do a law conversion after having done any degree and indeed 50% of solicitors do not have a law degree

@Heepers

Law in magic circle or US firm. But she'll have to work bloody hard for it.

Actually law at a decent regional nowadays will be 6 figures.

Also regarding law conversions…my friend is currently doing one and it is costing her £30k all in (£10k for the initial conversion, then a further 2 courses to actually qualify as a solicitor). I don’t know the specifics but she is not from a wealthy family and would therefore qualify for help towards this, however it is costing her this amount out of pocket and she is therefore working in order to be able to pay for this.

[quote PattyPan]@sst1234 it’s very common to go into law from a history degree, you just have to do a conversion course (which are widely available and I think take a year).[/quote]
It will be a 2 year route if becoming a solicitor or barrister post undergraduate non law degree followed by training contract/qualifying employment. However the conversion can be done part time whilst doing the qualifying employment now that is switched to SQE

Consultancy/HR/Communications/Advertising/Marketing/PR.

All potential for good salaries, all open to history grads.

@justlonelystars

Also regarding law conversions…my friend is currently doing one and it is costing her £30k all in (£10k for the initial conversion, then a further 2 courses to actually qualify as a solicitor). I don’t know the specifics but she is not from a wealthy family and would therefore qualify for help towards this, however it is costing her this amount out of pocket and she is therefore working in order to be able to pay for this.

It will be cheaper now. She has done her law conversion just as it was switching over to the new system.

And also many law firms will sponsor this anyway.

I have a history degree and work in communications on 6 figure salary (European city).