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I'm looking for a good answer. I already finished 2 years of college at age 20 and I'm looking for experienced people to answer my question. I have yet to decide what I want to get a Bachelor's degree in. What is the growing business out there? Sales? Computers? Music? I am looking for a job that is certain to have a job oppening as soon as I graduate in that field. I was going to get a Bachelor's in Psychology, however many people told me that it is very hard to get a job in that field. So I simply quit on that subject. Can anyone recommend some jobs and what field should I look into? Thanks very much for your time.

2006-10-21 12:20:36 · 9 answers · asked by zenica4life 2 in Business & Finance Careers & Employment

I am fine with anything really. I can do one job for the rest of my life as long as I'm comfortable with it. Money is very important for me though.

2006-10-21 12:28:36 · update #1

I am very high on Pre Med. I'd like to focus on one field when it comes to medicine and work hard for it. I've thought about it a lot.

As long as psychology goes, I would love to work hard, but by listening to other people, who've had experience in that field, I've changed my mind. I know people who've graduated with a Bachelor's Degree, but are still waiting for a real job with few years passed. By the time they get it, they will forget everything they learned.

2006-10-21 12:33:47 · update #2

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You were given good advice about getting a Bachelor's in Psychology... it's a dime-a-dozen in that field. You want to focus on careers in which there will be plenty of growth, so here goes: Financial Planners, Biotechnology (research or management), Computer Engineering, Medicine, or Law. Forget about the Sales... you don't need a college degree to sell. Music is more a passion than a career... you can starve to death. Computers is the best idea you list. I have a Master's degree in Educational Administration and have advised many on their career paths... it's ultimately your decision. Best advice: No matter what, focus on communication skills and computer literacy... those will be key for practically in position.

2006-10-21 15:39:23 · answer #1 · answered by Mike S 7 · 0 0

Good lord. You're asking for entirely the wrong advice. If you pursue a job that seems likely to need you when you graduate, but you aren't interested in the job, you're going to end up doing poorly at it. Eventually, you'll quit. (Take a look at the number of former computer science majors in society. There's a reason they quit, and it's got nothing at all to do with competition -- there are always CS jobs out there. No, they quit because they went into it for money and security, then realized they detested it.)

My advice: Stop pursuing the advice you're pursuing. Instead, try to find something you'd love to do (no matter how competitive it is or how lousy it pays) -- something you think you'd have the energy to plug away at for, oh, 30 years. Then go plug away at it. You'll always do better at something that energizes you than at something you hate, no matter how competitive the former might be. Even if the job normally pays poorly, if you enjoy it and have an enterprising spirit, you'll eventually make a decent living at it.

In the meantime, make sure you have one or more of the following "evergreen" skills (that is, skills that everyone needs, all the time): writing, public speaking, business management, foreign languages, computer programming, statistics, mathematics. Pick ones you don't mind, or that you enjoy.

That way, if your dream job takes a while to develop, you have something you can do in the meantime.

Incidentally, if you enjoy math at all, you might just become a mathematician. These days, you can make very good money (six figures) as a mathematical consultant to business and industry, and pure math majors are tough to come by. But again, don't pursue something like this unless you actually enjoy it. Otherwise, the math geeks (who do enjoy it) will eat you alive and digest you slowly.

2006-10-21 12:31:54 · answer #2 · answered by Graythebruce 3 · 0 0

you need to theoretically get your graduate degree in something; maximum graduate classes do no longer require which you have a level interior the comparable self-discipline. although: - some advise it. case in point maximum grasp's of Psychology classes especially advise which you have a BA or BS in Psychology. My grasp's in Sociology application counseled a BA in Soc, even though it wasn't required. - some will require greater in case you do not have it. Psychology and organic technological know-how classes are in demand for this. in case you do not have a BA or BS interior the sphere, you would be able to desire to have a minimum of an wisdom of the sphere, as evidenced with the help of taking some undergrad classes. this could require some instructions at an area college or 4 year enterprise formerly you're granted admission (some faculties will provide provisional admission provided you end the prereq classes formerly a definite term. Johns Hopkins college of Nursing does this, case in point) - some provides you with progressed status for it. grasp's of Social artwork (MSW) classes in many cases grant those with BSW's progressed status, meaning they could desire to take much less instructions than somebody with genuinely no social artwork history.. - some will require fairly some coursework. some graduate point grasp's language classes will require you to almost take "pre-req" classes that equivalent a level, so it almost behooves you to flow back and get a 2d bachelor's interior the language. usual, maximum classes are not too extraordinarily persnickety with reference to the undergrad and the grad significant matching up; it provides you with an part possibly, yet it is greater based on how properly you probably did undergrad, easily. solid luck. SD

2016-10-02 13:09:35 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

If you like computers, I recommend geospatial technology (also called geospatial information science). The US Dept. of Labor recently named this field as one of the top three growing fields in the US (along with nanotechnology and biotechnology). Another plus is that geospatial technology can be integrated in LOTS of different fields from marketing to medicine. Also, the entry level jobs this field pay pretty well.

I'd do some reading on your own. I've attached a couple of links to start out with. Good luck!

2006-10-21 12:44:26 · answer #4 · answered by top_runner 2 · 0 0

What do you like to do? A Bachelor's degree in Business or Liberal Arts will get you an entry level job in sales (Enterprise Rent A Car) orrecruiting (Maxim, TEKsystems).
My friend has a degree in Hospitality and Tourism and has job offers working in resorts in Hawaii, California, Nevada and Florida.
-If I had to do it all over again I would have majored in Education. Being a teacher is great in that you have summers off.
-My sister in law is a nurse and gets about $25 hourly.
-Fields in demand are in nursing, radiology (x ray tech), education, and computer programming.

2006-10-21 12:25:45 · answer #5 · answered by Sal G 4 · 0 0

I'm currently in college and facing the same decision as far as what major to choose. My College Orientation Professor told me to get the job I'll love to do. If you love the job and you work hard at it you'll find a place you fit in and where you will succeed.

I think what she means is just follow your heart. If it's what your heart says or for me and any other God believing person follow what he says and he'll work it out for you. You can't succeed in a career you don't love. Only one you'll excel in. One you'll grow in.

My Dad went for the job he wanted to do and when he got into the career he wasn't making that much money. Now he's worked for the company over 15 years and is one of the head guys. He's now making enough money to sute and allot more than he was at first. He followed what God said for him to do.

2006-10-21 12:31:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

With the aging population, become Nurse. Get a degree in nursing or become license nurse (LN). You won't regret it.

2006-10-21 12:56:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Pre Med, young Dr.'s with a specialty make $700,000 to $800.000 per year pretty fast out of school.

2006-10-21 12:30:30 · answer #8 · answered by The Advocate 4 · 0 2

why did you just quit phychology? if you wanted it you would have worked hard till you got a job in it

2006-10-21 12:29:47 · answer #9 · answered by ciaragw 3 · 1 0

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