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?

AIBU to think there's something very weird going on with the fuel "shortages"!
Big caveat- I'm not a conspiracy theorist but it's so bad where we are (Just inside M25) that many people I know won't be able to get to work this week. Garages have queues which are blocking all main routes and they're not even open! Is this a novel way of ensuring that we all "STAY AT HOME" ?!

As everyone has said, if she's really interested in the money and doesn't care about hours, then law (ideally with a conversion paid for by a firm), consulting, marketing, finance. If she has a very good degree and starts at either an American or a Magic Circle firm, she can start at over £100k (conversion may affect this). Base salaries at McKinsey, Bain, BCG etc are closer to the £50k mark, but quickly increase and there are bonuses.

History students are great at analysis, persuasion, and writing (or they should be).

If she doesn't want the hours or the culture that private firms bring, then civil service can be a great route. Less money; more security; more benefits; fewer hours.

Sorry, posted on wrong thread!

@LiLi2015

Oh my goodness reading this post makes me wish I'd have followed my head not my heart. I got good grades but wanted to help people so I'm now a nurse. Definitely crap money 😂

I think it's a trap a lot of women fall into. Not all, obviously, but many. You see it on here a lot. "I'm going to retrain - shall I be a care worker or a social worker? TA?"

Like... why not train in something that pays more? 'Helping people' is noble but you need to be able to put the heating on. Having such a low income leaves you at risk if your relationship turns sour but you know you can't survive on your salary alone.

Men (again, generalising, not alll) chase the highest salary they can do with their skillset. Even if they end up in office work, in middle management, they're going to make more than a care worker or a TA.

What’s your degree and subsequent career in, @CallyWW?

Maybe you can offer some sparkling advice about postgrad options if you think it’s so Mickey Mouse.

What did she think would happen when she decided to do a degree in History? It should be illegal for universities to offer these types of degrees that provide zero actual job skills (other than a history teacher)

How could anyone come onto a thread like this and post that. Virtually every post disproves your point. 🤦‍♀️

The natural step for a History student is law.

Trainee salaries start around 50k in London city firms. Once done (training contract is 2 years) newly qualified solicitors at London firms start at around 100k plus. Couldn't say about salaries outside of London but am sure are very competitive.

I did a history degree, went on to convert to law and work as a solicitor. I’m not in London and earn £84,000 per year. Be warned though - it’s very hard work, competitive, stressful and impossible to “switch off”. You really need to enjoy it to hack it.

My husband had a degree in history and went into accountancy. If you have a good grade in a classic subject such as history it’s seems you can get onto a lot of management courses/grad schemes from law, accountancy, telecoms etc in big companies.

I have a BA and an MSc in Archaeology. Now on 70k as CEO of small specific charity that is in STEM field but with no connection to Arch or History

He went in on a a graduate training scheme, he had to commit to 4 years and they covered his exams.
He did have a Maths A Level as well

No one even mentioned the type of personality & tenacity to work hard
I have a PhD & my sister with gift of the gab, extremely confident to sell herself as ambitious, with a college degree in business, has earned 100 k because she knows what employers are looking for. Any job you have passion for abs you are best in that category will guaranty success

[quote patienceandprudence]@RosesAndHellebores History is her passion, wirh education being a close second, unfortunately neither of those interests will ever lead to a highly paid job. The plan was primary teaching until we met her favourite primary school teacher last summer, who told her she had left teaching and to never ever go into it.[/quote]
Surely, doing a job she enjoys and is passionate about is better than choosing a job just because of the salary

@galacticpixels Can I ask how you got into that? Did you have to do special courses or training? I'm also a humanities graduate and wouldn't have a clue about software...

@XelaM

Law

Law is not always high paid.

I'm a history graduate. I earn around £55k as a librarian in a university library - universities pay very well and also have excellent benefits, same with law firm librarianship. Also good work/life balance. NHS librarians are a bit lower, public libraries and charities lower again (and public libraries barely employ any professional librarians any more so don't go that route). There are also a LOT of opportunities developing in this area for records management/data protection/knowledge management which seems to pay well.
www.cilip.org.uk/page/SalaryGuide

She could do a conversion course and do law. Some areas are highly paid.

Technology industry. Developers with a couple of years post grad experience are in 30k, outside of London.

I have a history degree from a Russell Group uni.

I’m a project manager in data science for a large financial services organisation.

I work in a regional office and am much higher paid than my friends in the local area. I’m on £40k at 29 and have capacity to progress to £100k plus over the next 10 years.

Career path for me was; customer service job in call centre for a bank (18k) , moved to other bank for compliance role (analytical and documentary skills from history degree desired, £30k at 24), progressed up a few grades and took internal transfer to project management, gradually building skills to take on data science stuff.

This however was the long way round, I would advise a graduate programme for a quicker and easier career path. Ours pays £30k plus and students get to trial 3-4 roles/departments over a few years. Not all the jobs are maths/numbers related. Some are more documentary/analytical skills, others are relationship management etc.

Surely, doing a job she enjoys and is passionate about is better than choosing a job just because of the salary

This is one of the worst bits of advice we give to young people. I for one wish I'd been told to assess salary as part of my decision making process, and not treat it as a dirty word, because like it or not money is important. It's amazing what can become a passion when you excel at something and have the satisfaction of a good salary, feeling valued.

There is nothing wrong at looking at salary.

What did she think would happen when she decided to do a degree in History? It should be illegal for universities to offer these types of degrees that provide zero actual job skills (other than a history teacher).

I think this is the most dense post I've ever seen on mumsnet.

I work for an investment bank in London... Currently on 50k

I have no degree...
Job is "back office" which is another way of saying administration. Started off on £22k ish when I started when I was 22. Ive been with the company for a long time, but you can make bigger jumps in salary by moving around every few years or so.

Think most job openings now a days you need a degree but doesn't have to be finance specific.

Law is well paid. Teaching varies enormously depending on the school you work in, but isn’t well paid. I think secondary is better than primary, especially if you are into your subject.

£80k head of service LA but I started young and i job share now so £40k- overtime if I want it.

It’s a good salary where I live, but in London probably not so much and considered poor.
DH was on less than me, but just got promoted so earns more. Means more chores fall to me, but that’s another story.

If she is at a very good uni and is prepared to do a job that is long hours and pretty stressful, you can make a lot of money as a lawyer.