<p>So what does one pursue instead?</p>
<p>Engineering, Computer Science, or business. Science is a job for third world serfs.</p>
<p>Actually there ARE jobs in Biochem or Chem with just BS. But they are mostly lab tech or research assistant jobs with really low paying and repetitive with no career advancement. </p>
<p>You might get a decent pay if you can get a technical sales job.</p>
<p>If you’re a Chemistry or Physics graduate who’s having a trouble getting a job or lost interest in going into your field, I recommend trying to get a Data Analyst job, or anything similar. Make sure you master MS Office and self-study useful programming languages like SQL, Java, or C+. There are quite a few companies that are willing to take all majors for these kind of positions.</p>
<p>Also I would like to add Statistics to sschoe2’s list. It’s used everywhere.</p>
<p>If you are still in school, don’t train yourself to be 1 dimensional like 99% of university major programs train you to be. Take classes in a foreign language if you are good at them. Take computer programming and take business classes as well as statistics. It’s a brave new world out there for the economy, and most of what can be supported now are service oriented jobs because of the almost complete collapse of our manufacturing and R and D sectors. Don’t waste your time with lab tech, temp jobs, and other low paying crap through companies like Man Power, Kelly Services, etc. By the time you figure out what is going on, you’ll be 35 and have wasted the last decade in low paying permatemp jobs with almost no advancement and job hopping constantly. The economy sucks now, but try to start off your career right. Your first real job can have a big impact on what your future career prospect will be like.</p>
<p>With just a BS? Computer science or engineering.</p>