u/nocturnaldesiderium

Hi everyone! I apologize if this is not the correct forum, but was instruted to this one....I am 26(F), I live in NY, and I am getting my BA in English Lit. & Language with a minor in Psych (with a certification in museum studies & an anthropology membership). I am graduating next month. It should be an exciting time, but I'm just feeling totally upset. I was GOING to go into a museum career, but I was getting anxious because many who are attempting to go into the career, or are already in the career, do struggle financially and with finding jobs in such a competitive and slim job market. I was then advised by an adivsor to go into library sciences (they stated that those skills could be transferable to museums and have back-up plan of library). I got into different two dual-degree programs. A MA/MS in Art History and Library Sciences and a MA/MS in History and Library Sciences. But I have been now struggling about if librarianship jobs will also be difficult to find or be able to support me.

My friend is an Earth Science teacher for middle school, and we had a very late-night discussion on what I should do with my career path, since I have not felt any excitement for my future as of right now, just very depressed She stated that getting an MA in Education and/or English Education (grades 7–12)... since I have an English degree...would be beneficial. She was walking me through all the steps and certification stuff. I was wondering if pursuing education and/or teaching English is something that would be beneficial. Not opposed to younger education either, but job market is harder were I am located. I asked another forum and someone stated I should just change my career path entirely to something in a field I have not previously studied that would be more benefical and it was "sadly on me for not doing my due diligence"...so I'm a little anxious and upset here.

Any advice on the teaching aspect (sorry to talk about the library aspect at such length) would be greatly appreciated!

TL;DR: Graduating with an BA English Lit. & Language degree May 2026. Deciding between museum work, library science (accepted into dual MA/MS programs), school librarianship, or teaching. Worried & looking for advice.

Hi all! I am 26, live in NY, and am getting my BA in English Lit. & Language with a minor in Psych (with a certification in museum studies & an anthropology membership), graduating next month. I was going to go into a museum career, but was getting anxious, as many who are attempting to go into the career struggle financially and with finding jobs in a competitive and slim job market. I was then advised to go into library sciences (as those skills could still be transferable to museums and/or a library degree). I got into two dual-degree programs: MA/MS in Art History and Library Sciences and MA/MS in History and Library Sciences. But I have been further struggling about whether librarianship jobs will also be difficult to find or be able to support me.

My friend is an Earth Science teacher for middle school, and we had a very late-night discussion on what I should do with my career path, since I have not felt excitement for my future as of right now. She stated that getting an MA in Education and/or English Education (7–12), since I have an English degree, would be beneficial and was walking me through all the steps. Wondering if pursuing education and/or teaching English is something that would be beneficial. Not opposed to younger education either, but where I am location-wise, we get about 400+ applicants for elementary roles and about 3+ for middle/high school level.

My other friend is a library clerk, and I will be meeting with her coworker who has an MLIS soon to get more information about the field, while I am still trying to figure out museums and/or teaching as well. I am also wondering if I should instead pursue an MLIS with an specialization on school librarianship...on top of a teaching certification since many places require that from my understanding. Worried if doing that would be further restricting myself or cause more issues.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

TL;DR: Graduating with an English degree and deciding between museum work (since that is my passion), library science (accepted into dual MA/MS programs), or teaching. Meeting with an MLIS professional soon, considering an MLIS with a school focus + teaching certification, and worried about job stability, competition, and limiting my options.

Hi all! I am 26, live in NY, and am getting my BA in English Lit. & Language with a minor in Psych (with a certification in museum studies & an anthropology membership), graduating next month. I was going to go into a museum career, but was getting anxious, as many who are attempting to go into the career struggle financially and with finding jobs in a competitive and slim job market. I was then advised to go into library sciences (as those skills could still be transferable to museums and/or a library degree). I got into two dual-degree programs: MA/MS in Art History and Library Sciences and MA/MS in History and Library Sciences. But I have been further struggling about whether librarianship jobs will also be difficult to find or be able to support me. My friend is an Earth Science teacher for middle school, and we had a very late-night discussion on what I should do with my career path, since I have not felt excitement for my future as of right now. She stated that getting an MA in Education and/or English Education (7–12), since I have an English degree, would be beneficial and was walking me through all the steps. Wondering if pursuing education and/or teaching English is something that would be beneficial. Not opposed to younger education either, but where I am location-wise, we get about 400+ applicants for elementary roles and about 3+ for middle/high school level.

Any advice on the teaching aspect would be greatly appreciated!

TL;DR: Graduating with an BA English Lit. & Language degree and deciding between museum work, library science (accepted into dual MA/MS programs), or teaching. Worried about job stability and competition & looking for advice.