Philosophy students in demand by employers?

[brendan]

http://www.campusreview.com.au/images-2008/content/14-oct-faculty-focus.pdf

[Butler]

I just fowarded that article to my dad, hopefully it'll quell the constant questions like "Where will a Philosophy major get you in life?"

[brendan]

http://andrewnorton.info/2008/11/over-qualified-workers/
Work I have done on data from the 2006 census suggests that it is the generalist degrees, and particularly arts (with the exception of those with degrees in ‘philosophy and religious studies’), that drag down the average. About 40% of other Arts graduates are in jobs that don’t require higher education...
the reason ‘philosophy and religious studies’ does well is that a very high proportion (more than 60% of all those with jobs classified as ‘professional’) hold jobs described as ’social and welfare profesional’, of which a minister of religion is a sub-category.

The MBS has also hired a philosopher, John Armstrong.