There's a joke circulating on campus that asks, What did the College grad say to the Wharton grad? The answer: May I take your order, please?

The truth is that graduates of the College at Penn have traditionally done well in the job market. A survey published in Fortune magazine reports that 90 percent of business leaders say a humanities education is essential for the development of critical skills, and 77 percent consider it key to the development of problem-solving skills. We consulted the Alumni E-Directory (http://www.english.upenn.edu/Undergrad/Alumni/) on the English Department's website to see what kinds of careers some of Penn's more recent English majors are pursuing. Here's what we found.

Randi Feigenbaum, C'97: Business reporter for Newsday in Melville, NY.

Esmeralda Galan, C'89: Managing editor of Molecular Pharmacology at Emory University.

Jan Goldman, C'60, G'62: Clinical psychologist with a private practice in the Philadelphia suburbs.

Susan Katz Larsson, C'72: Freelance translator telecommuting to major cities in Sweden to provide Swedish- into-English translation.

Laurie Levin, C'95: Project Manager for Cognitive Arts, a software development company specializing in corporate training.

Betty W. Liu, C'95: Southeast U.S. correspondent/Atlanta bureau chief for the London-based Financial Times.

Scott A. Masel, C'88: Bureau Chief in the Florida Attorney General's Civil Litigation Division for South Florida.

Oliver Picher, C'79: Manager of Press Relations at the Unisys Corporation.

Dottie Schindlinger, C'94: Program Associate with the Pennsylvania Humanities Council.

Robert Shepard, C/G'83: Principal literary agent of the Robert E. Shepard Agency in San Francisco.

Ellona Wilner, C'96: Project Manager for Stateside Associates, a state government relations firm in Arlington, VA.