<p>Right now I'm a business admin major, and it's not my thing at all. Off the bat, I'm TERRIBLE at math and science. I know I don't want anything in the medical field either. I'm super into politics (I don't want to go to law school.), english (I also don't want to teach), history and that type of stuff. I know those majors don't really land jobs. I was looking into public relations as well, but I heard that's hard to get a job in PR too. Can anyone suggest a major I might like?</p>
<p>You can get a job in anything if you really have a passion for it. It holds true. People that majored in PR that can’t find a job are the ones that did it so they could party. You are going to have people on hear and say that “I enjoy it and couldn’t find a job” that might be true. It is more important that you have to have a passion for it. Which is completely different than enjoying it. Example, I enjoy cooking and I love to cook good steaks doesn’t mean I would be the next emerald because I don’t have a passion for it. That being said, if I combined my passion(Economics) with something I like it (Steaks). I could open up a steak house and I am combining both which makes me infinitely more happier. I was a sucker that believed I had to major in engineering and because of that my grades suffered. I didn’t have a passion for it I just wanted to do it because it had a lot of money. </p>
<p>If you were feeling ambitious, you could double major in Political science and PR for a truly killer combination. Or you could minor in one. I work in DC at an internship currently and I actually do some PR stuff and I find it interesting. Play to your strengths and you will be fine in the job market. And get internships they sometimes can be even more important than your GPA.</p>
<p>And the cycle continues…</p>
<p>How many times must I say, DO NOT go to college UNLESS you know what you are going for. College is an investment in a career constructing procedure that you are currently engaged in, college is NOT a place where you “find yourself”.</p>
<p>You are on the internet, you also have access to various local and state career centers (even at your college for free, anyone can just walk in), so please go and do research based on your currently identified talents on what INDUSTRIES and SECTORS you fit into. Also try to identify other talents that you might have…then go and see what’s the procedure like for entry level into those positions and try to use your HS education to get into those entry level positions RIGHT NOW.</p>
<p>In this information age, at the click of a button, you have access to all sorts of information from the BLS and other sites on every single position you could ever have in ANY industry sector. Please, please…DO YOUR RESEARCH. </p>
<p>You will never be able to answer your question on what to quote, unquote “major in” until you can answer the question of what sector you are about to work in for the next 5-15 years.</p>
<p>I tell people to use a different career formula than what the media has been pushing:</p>
<p>Work Experience + Passion + Work Performance + Relevant Education = Middle Class/Higher Class Job (and in that order)</p>
<p>It’s NOT…College Degree + Brand Name College = Middle Class/Higher Class Job</p>
<p>Finding a suitable course of study and major is very normal and acceptable part of the college learning and education experience. The first year or two of college can be very well used in exploring interests and aptitudes for a variety of subjects. Also college is not simply a vehicle for career training. Many outstanding chief executives and prominent business persons graduated in majors other than business. Following interests and passions in the exploratory phase of college is very important in my humble opinion</p>
<p>Voyager, I totally agree, you don’t have to know exactly what you want to do from the beginning, college is an experience in all kinds of learning!</p>
<p>Major/minor in a few things. Commit yourself and see if you can get employed in any of those fields via intern or full time job. If not, it’s not too late to pursue MBA or Master degrees in other fields (With the proper pre-reqs) after undergraduate. Life isn’t that rigid. Whatever path you take, you better work hard and be passionate about if you want to get any respectable job in any field.</p>
<p>Conclusion, stop crying and work hard. Enjoy the journey and not the end result.</p>
<p>voyager and Bud, </p>
<p>Well, if you guys have money to waste, go ahead lol. For the rest of us that have a “certain” amount of money we can invest in college to properly be able to payback any loans we take out or other financing arrangements we make…we have to make the college experience as efficient as possible to obtain the highest amount of quality at the lowest possible cost.</p>