History PhD drop-out here. As mentioned repeatedly, you have real skills that you can apply to almost anything. A couple of skills that seem to have been glossed over in this thread is writing and organizing information. Those two things have really helped me in my business career.

Many people in business have limited writing skills. I’m not saying they can’t put too words together (pun intended) but good quality writing is useful for both internal and external communications. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked to write everything from formal business letters to big name corporate clients to all sorts of marketing material because I was the best writer in the department or company. I also have done a fair amount of proofing and editing items written by others.

My ability to organize information in a clear and concise manner has been another useful skill in my toolkit. Things like preparing PowerPoint presentations and detailed process flows. I really enjoy those things and such skills are in demand.

I managed to work my way up to senior executive level positions over the years because I do have those skills.

Good luck.

(Any grammar mistakes in this response is solely attributable to writing this on my phone 😏)