ABSTRACT
What kind of career do you dream about? Do imagine yourself as a lawyer fighting for issues of equality? Or a diplomat? Or an artist? Or some combination of all three? In Chapter 4, you took some time assessing your interests, skills, and strengths in Women’s and Gender Studies. We hope that you came away from that chapter eager to find out more about how others have used their degrees in obtaining employment and developing satisfying careers. In this chapter, we provide an overview of the range of career pathways and employment opportunities that WGST students have pursued over the past 15 years. In this chapter, we also introduce you to a diverse number of employment sectors, some that you may not have considered before. We think it is important for you to be informed about the great breadth of employment sectors in thinking about what interests you. We also highlight graduates’ experiences in law, higher education administration, the health professions, academe, and entrepren eur ship as many in our survey worked in those arenas. Taking time in this chapter to identify some key areas of interest should spark curiosity and raise areas of discovery you may not have thought of before when thinking about career options. We hope to encourage a sense of wonder (as opposed to dread), when thinking about the kinds of jobs and careers that you might pursue. There’s so much to explore!
