I'm going to be graduating from college soon, and need career advice (preferably with someone who did their undergrad education in the humanities).

This will probably be pretty long, so please bear with me. A big thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to read this.

I'll be graduating soon from a major research university with a double major in German Studies and International Studies, with a related minor. I have a high GPA, plenty of research experience, good relationships with professors -- most things that graduate schools look for.

I'm having a bit of a crisis right now, due to the fact that I've been looking at lots of job listings and am finding that despite high academic achievement in a top university, my degrees are pretty unmarketable (yeah... I know. I should have known this). I have a pretty extensive part-time work history, since I've maintained part time jobs all throughout college.

I'm pretty much sure that I want to go to graduate school, but am unsure about what program I should choose. At first, I was thinking of doing a program in International Relations, but am gradually realizing that even at a Master's or PhD level, that won't guarantee me a decent career either. I don't want to spend a lot of money and effort on a degree that won't get me anywhere or allow me to find a job I can enjoy. I'd be happy being a college professor, but a tenured position at a good university is very competitive to achieve (teaching at community colleges is always an option, but I'd prefer to be involved in research if I was a professor).

Now I'm entirely lost and unsure of what I want to do. I have one year after I graduate to work and prepare for graduate school (I plan on entering graduate school in Fall 2012), and I'm planning on taking community college courses part-time to build up some useful skills. I'm especially interested in building technical/math-related skills that I missed out on in my college education, since I'm realizing that these are the more employable skills out there (and probably look good to graduate schools as well).

Here are some things I'm considering studying to supplement my bachelor's education:

• Statistics
• Economics
• Web Design/Development
• GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
• TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)

Here are graduate programs I would consider:

• History
• German Studies
• International Relations/International Affairs
• Public Policy/Public Administration
• Public Diplomacy
• Urban Planning
• Social Work
• TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
• GIS (Geographic Information Systems)

I'm also considering doing my graduate education in Germany.

Basically, I think I would be qualified to enter a lot of different MA programs in the Humanities or Social Sciences. I could qualify for programs that have analytic components, but nothing that is purely technical.

I know this post is really rambling and all over the place, but basically, I'm just looking for any kind of career advice I can get, especially from people who have a humanities background like me.

Any suggestions for skills/classes to take in the next year or recommendations for possible graduate programs would be appreciated. I'm pretty lost as to what I want to do with my life, and I feel like I don't even have a good idea as to what possibilities are open to me. I just want to make sure that I don't waste my time in a graduate program that won't prepare me for a good career.

tl;dr - I'm a humanities major graduating soon and I don't know what career path to follow. Planning on taking 1 year off to work/prepare for grad school/build skills. Any advice is appreciated, especially regarding what to study during that year, what grad programs I might look at, or what career options I have. I don't care about having a super high-paying career, but I want something stable, something where I can make a positive difference in the world/in other people's lives, and something that is transferable between different countries.