<p>I'm not being pessimistic, I'm realistic. The job market sucks, and I doubt it'll get any better in the next four years.</p>
<p>I looked at the major names in the school I will most likely be going to. I want to major in Business and Management, along with Communications, with a minor in either Marketing or Public Relations. </p>
<p>I'm going to try my hardest to have internships whenever possible. I've heard some people tell me I will probably get no job with this, and others tell me I will. </p>
<p>Advice? I'm not too good with math and numbers, so obviously a major in Engineering isn't an option, but I feel like only those who major in things like Engineering or Computers will get a job.</p>
<p>Business @ Northeastern? The thing with business and related majors (biz econ, management etc.) is, where you go to school definitely matters. Business is a very saturated field. When you are fighting for a spot to intern at a company, it’s essentially your school vs. their school(or business program). There are so many business majors fighting for these limited spots, name brand carries significant weight. </p>
<p>You can definitely succeed in your major, but you’ll have to put in more work than somebody from Wharton. Networking will help you immensely. Your GPA needs to be near perfect or even perfect if possible. Join clubs in which you can work yourself into leadership roles. But in my opinion, networking is the most powerful tool for any business major. If you know somebody, it becomes that much easier. Good luck.</p>
<p>I can’t go to Northeastern, I’m too poor. I don’t have the resources to fund what is needed. I will most likely end up going to Simmons College.</p>
<p>Which is why I want to do internships any free time I get.</p>
<p>if you do end up going to simmons, be sure that women’s colleges will have unique resources, or resources more carefully curated there than at coed colleges of similar calibre (eg women-only wall st programmes, plus harvard 2+2 likes to recruit at women’s colleges)</p>
<p>@emprex, there is a limit on how much I can take out on loans according to my FA paper. No loans or federal help can be used towards my first semester at NU, so I’m left paying a 31,000 dollars bill with just 6,500 of help from NU</p>
<p>@vienneselights that makes me a feel better, especially the 2+2, which I just researched (although I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t get in). I’m unsure of the programs Simmons has to offer, so I’ll take a look into them</p>
<p>Are you sure it’s a good idea to take out so much in loans when you have uncertain job prospects?</p>
<p>Unless you’re getting into something seriously lucrative, $31,000 is a LOT to be taking out in loans (and is that $31000 per year, or over all four?). Computer science is insanely employable (at least according to my school’s recent job fair), so you might want to pick up a double major/minor with that.</p>
<p>I was afraid of the same exact thing. I transferred to a college that has no recognition in the field of PR/Marketing/Communications. However, after a year here, I took the initiative to join a lot of clubs and network and I actually made friends with some important people (marketing director of a company and a news broadcaster who has a lot of connections to PR firms). They’ve served as my “mentor” in helping me land internships in my field and just giving me general advice as a student. There is no guaranteed I’ll get a job straight out of college but they serve as a great professional reference if needed, and give great advice.</p>
<p>My advice? Just network the HELL out of yourself, especially if you’re in a booming city or a city that’s decently sized. I don’t live in NYC or LA, but I realized choosing a city in general was a great choice for a marketing/communications major (and even business – as my current bf is a business major) compared to my old university which was in a very small quaint town. From what I’ve read, you’re in a pretty big city already and since you’re in the NE area, you’re surrounded by big cities everywhere. You have a great great chance to network.</p>
<p>I think it goes without saying that for most jobs, networking is very important. But for something like communications (mainly marketing/PR/anything related), networking is vital. This means social networking (facebook, twitter) and keeping in positive and constant contact with these folks.</p>
<p>Business Management major here, concentrating in Ops & Supply Chain and Finance. I attend an undergrad b-school in top 50. I have a 3.2 GPA and have gotten so many interviews with top companies my junior year. All that crap about where you go to school doesn’t matter, unless you plan on going to wall street, then it does.</p>
<p>The key is to intern anywhere you can and you do something positive for that company that you can show quantitatively. Try to get an internship the summer before your junior year because that will help a lot. I had that and got 10 interviews my junior year and 3 offers. All from very prestigious companies. On the interview day for one company, I was going up against Michigan, MSU, Arizona State, Villanova, and Indiana University. 20 candidates and only 5 got chosen. I was one of them. </p>
<p>In my opinion networking seems overrated, that doesn’t mean I don’t do it, however. There comes a point where you’re gonna have to get **** done by yourself and not rely on other people to hook you up.</p>
<p>Yeah but you’re doing ops and supply chain. Biz majors are usually gunning for corp. finance(FLDP, FMP etc.), corp. dev., investment banking(FO), management consulting etc. When you’re competing for front office roles, the brand name definitely matters. And networking is your best friend if you are competing for front office roles. There’s a reason why I mentioned Wharton.</p>
<p>Ironically, 3.2 at a 50 something ranked B school won’t get you front office roles unless you do some serious networking.</p>
<p>Oh I completely agree with you. In those kind of positions, brand name definitely matters. I think I mentioned that about wall street, guess I should have expanded on that. I don’t even bother going for FO roles because I know there is no way I’ll get them, and the fact that I’ll be working horrendous hours isn’t appealing to me. The other offer I received actually was from a bank but it was “middle” office (in my opinion I think it was BO).</p>
<p>Hah I’m majoring in communications so it is twice as hard for me to find a job. I have hope though and have a bit of a plan of what I expect to happen so it should work out okay.</p>