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"- you're better off, it seems to me,
with a good degree in something you like ....... if only because
you'll be a more interesting person.."
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What employers appreciate is that Classics provides mental training in a whole range of different disciplines, and produces graduates of exceptional intellectual flexibility. In our world of rapid social and technological change, it is the capacity to react to new and unforeseen developments with flexibility which employers value most, and it is widely recognized that Classics and related subjects produce just the kind of graduate they are looking for, with an unparalleled capacity to adapt to new circumstances and learn new skills.
You can find further careers advice for Classicists at www.prospects.ac.uk. © C@O 2011: Classics at Oxford, Faculty of Classics. Webmaster. Last updated:
July 15, 2011.
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Some
people are put off applying for a Classics degree because it doesn't
seem to lead to any obvious form of employment at the end of it.
They couldn't be more wrong. Certainly a degree in Classics is not
vocational, in the sense of funnelling you directly into one particular
form of employment, as Law or Medicine do, but Classics graduates
are very highly prized indeed by employers of all kinds. 
You
will find former Oxford Classics students in all walks of life:
computing, industry, the civil service, journalism, teaching, administration,
law, advertising, the arts, you name it. Some people say that if
you choose a Classics degree you are opting for three or four years'
pleasure to the detriment of your future career. But the truth is
that a Classics student gets the best of both worlds, studying for
the most fascinating degree there is, and coming out exceptionally
well-qualified at the end of it. It doesn't get much better than
that.