For English or writing majors, a broad general education may be especially important, because there may be writing jobs on varied topics where some general familiarity of the topic will be necessary to write effectively about it. For example, you may encounter jobs writing about science, business, computing / AI, history, government / politics, economics, etc..
“Pure” English literature jobs would include teaching it at the high school or college level, but those likely require additional education (teaching credential for high school, PhD for college).