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Hi. An MA in English will fetch you jobs in every central and state government office. Also English translators, officers, Assistant managers and managers are required with such qualifications. Post graduates can apply for a post of manager or Assistant manager. You may also apply for public sector undertaking banks. Scope of teaching English language and linguistics in Indian Universities is increasing tremendously. You could pursue the UGC-NET exam for lectureship. Any given day you also have an option of opening your own translation firm and get various translation projects advertised through internet. You could also do some freelancing like editing, translation, proof reading, interpreting, data processing etc. One of the great employment options is journalism or reporting. However, you may also need a journalism degree, but many employers are willing to take your English degree as substitute. You can actually do the reporting and writing for newspapers, magazines, and books, or you can find positions in editing and critiquing. Instructional design is where a lot of Linguistic majors find their niche, writing classroom, safety, and instructional information for companies, technology, and just about anything you can imagine from safety warning to manuals or instructions for use. If you love to write, you could be an author, who dedicates their time to writing books on all kinds of topics. Those that do want to write often freelance, writing articles and information for books, magazines, websites, doctors, schools etc. You have a lot of options with an MA degree in English and you will likely find it a very rewarding career choice. You can take your degree in just about any direction and really make it work for you.