Have you ever been asked what the Humanities are good for?

[Chiquitita]

32. I majored in comparative literature and Spanish

back in the 80s and didn't get any professional or career help from my University either, not from my departments or the career center. That's the fault of Humanities departments and Institutions that didn't help their students learn to navigate and network beyond the classroom. When did you graduate?

I totally agree with you that Humanities degree granting institutions have a responsibility to guide their students into viable career paths and should absolutely be required to provide these resources. It's comical, but also criminal, or at least incredibly self-serving, not to. I found this for you, though I don't know how good it is (the sell out title is theirs, obviously and meant to be funny I think): http://www.selloutyoursoul.com/2011/12/19/jobs-for-english-majors/

I looked at the Occupational Outlook Handbook too, but it isn't very helpful because you can't search it by the degree, training, or experience you already have, so it leads you to teaching, copywriting, and editing. OOHB links to this which seems more useful: http://www.myskillsmyfuture.org/

Lately I've heard that English majors can find good jobs in tech fields, starting with editing web content, but that may be mythical, I don't know. Most people like me with Spanish degrees combined them with other fields and use their Spanish to broaden networks and be more international.