<p>Hello all! I've narrowed my list to 5 schools that I will apply to this fall. I have narrowed my favorite majors to Marketing and Business Administration which are separate majors at 4/5 schools that I will be applying to. One of them has a Business major with a Marketing concentration. I recently took a career test at school and my top four careers were:
1. Sales
2. Marketing/Advertising
3.Human Resources and Training
4. Management
I like to help people in some way and I'm also very social. Considering those aspects of my personality, I thought a career in real estate, insurance, or pharmaceutical sales could be appropriate. Possibly Human Resources as well but I'm not as interested in that as the other three fields. I wanted to ask which major is more appropriate for my personality and what I'm interested in? Right now I'm leaning more toward Marketing but I'm still somewhat unsure. Also, is one major more well respected than the other by employers? I know they are fairly similar majors but don't know if one major has a higher percentage of people that are able to find jobs. Thank you!</p>
<p>Bump</p>
<p>If you are interested in sales, a marketing degree makes more sense than a generic business administration degree.</p>
<p>Bump</p>
<p>Well as the above poster said, if you really like sales/advertising then go with a marketing degree. Beware though, that the job prospect for marketing/management or other generic business administration degrees is rather bad. Just my 2 cents.</p>
<p>If you have a passion for a major, I don’t see a problem in majoring in it. You’d be more likely to succeed in the field than the people who take it because it’s an easier major.</p>
<p>@penguin8836 </p>
<p>Consider what you may want to sell.</p>
<p>Specialized knowledge in a particular field along with a business or marketing minor may be optimal.</p>
<p>For example, a computer science degree may be more helpful if you want to excel in the sales unit at Apple or Microsoft.</p>
<p>Or, engineering may be better if you want to sell jets or petroleum or any number of complex pieces of equipment.</p>
<p>Sales is a wonderful field and the bigger the sale, the bigger the money and the more complex the deal is so consider majoring in a technical field and taking business electives vs majoring in business. There is a lot to sell that doesn’t require technical knowledge or even a degree but take advantage of this chance to get into a field that fewer people can qualify to get into. Less competition, higher stakes, bigger wins and bigger losses. It’s a fun game.</p>