<p>I recently applied to the University of Arkansas for a major in International Business with a concentration in Marketing.</p>
<p>Would the International Business major be more beneficial than just a Marketing degree when it comes to getting a job, or should I switch to a Marketing major?</p>
<p>Sounds like a surefire path to success. I don’t see how you can go wrong.</p>
<p>Useless major + useless major =/= success…just saying.</p>
<p>So, will I not be able to get a job with either major?</p>
<p>You can get a job with any major. A good job? I doubt it.</p>
<p>Great. What business degrees can you get a good job with?</p>
<p>The better business jobs would be in Accounting and Finance. You should read Taxguys thread on everything you need to know about Accounting.</p>
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<p>The ones that are taught at highly-ranked schools with on-campus recruiting that is actually helpful to more than 3% of the graduating class.</p>
<p>Other than that, you’re best off (statistically) doing something like engineering. Technical work is so boring and hard that it pays pretty well. The worst thing about Memorizing a class library is that you can’t even brag about it. You have to pretend that the reason that you know what you’re doing is that you merely understand the core Concepts of programming.</p>
<p>So I basically need to abandon my entire plan. </p>
<p>Is it really that difficult to get a marketing job? Obviously, I’m not expecting to be anyone important straight out of college, but I need a job that pays fairly well for entry-level positions and that I can work my way up in over several years.</p>
<p>“I’m not expecting to be anyone important straight out of college, but I need a job that pays fairly well for entry-level positions and that I can work my way up in over several years.”</p>
<p>it’s called accounting/finance.</p>
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<p>“A Good Job” is a subjective statement. It differs from person to person. My buddy who works for options company would say a good job is one that has the potential of making 6 figures with not much work. A fling I had in college would say that a good job is when at a major firm known for high post job placement. My cousin would say a good job is one where you own your own business. A good job depends on what you want to do. Don’t do accounting just because there are a lot of jobs out there. Accounting is boring to me. I rather do something useless like translate binary by hand. </p>
<p>That sounds like a good plan you never know you will get into college and realize you want to take a different route.</p>
<p>Honestly, don’t listen to JTB021 or gobluecpa in this thread. Because you will regret it.
I agree with Juggernaut however. Because you will be happier.</p>
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<p>I would have to say that if you’re able to get into a school with a great international study abroad program, and are committed to emphasize in say a region - i.e. China, Europe, Italy, Latin Countries, etc. and learn the language with proficiency, you’ll have no problem getting a job.</p>
<p>I agree with BigBadDad. Do the major that you want to do , if its marketing go for it. International studies in any area are a big plus, Study abroad is better than taking a 4 credit in international business blah blah blah. Go there , live there , learn the language and the people. For business go to China(billion people) or India (billion people) those are awsome markets. If you hit 15 % of either of those markets you hit more people than there are workers in the USA. Think about it.</p>
<p>The general consensus is that international business is a useless degree. This is right. Why would they get Americans specializing in China, Europe, etc. when they can just get actual Chinese, European, etc people who KNOW the language FLUENTLY and KNOW the region really well and who are MORE qualified as well. Sorry but all this “big talk” coming from the above posters about hitting 15% markets in foreign countries is absolutely ridiculous too.</p>
<p>But you can still do whatever you want.</p>
<p>I have known international managers for Dodge wire, Lincoln arc welders, (both in latin countries) and a couple in China (can’t remember their companies) and one in France (Nortel) who all flourished in their careers by having the international component to their education.</p>