<p>I'm having a hard time with deciding what career path I should take. I was looking into studying International/Global Studies but after looking into that major I noticed that government/private/non profit organizations are the main potential employers. I'm not sure if that's the route I want to take. </p>
<p>I excel at writing, research, thinking/problem solving, and collecting data. I also have strong leadership and communication skills. My areas of opportunity for growth would definitely be mathematics (I can definitely say this is my weakest area. I am not good at math at all, this is something I have to continue to improve but a career revolving around a lot of math is not a career for me.) </p>
<p>I plan on going to grad school to get my MBA from a respected program. </p>
<p>I would say, personally, that I think you’re[ working this backwards. Yo’re looking at majors and trying to decide what you want to do and then looking at connected jobs to that and being upset by what you see. Instead, ehat I would suggest you do is to work the other way. Tryooking at what kinds of jobs you would be happy doing and then look at what the necessary qualifications are get that job and make that your major. Hope this helps and good luck!!</p>
<p>^I kind of agree with this, the caveat being that unless you want to do something very specific your major doesn’t necessarily need to map on perfectly with your career. For example, if you wanted to be a nurse, obviously you’d need to major in nursing. Or if you wanted to be a software engineer, there’s a more limited number of majors that are a good idea for that (although even they come from a variety of backgrounds).</p>
<p>But let’s say you decide you want to be a market research analyst. As long as you get the appropriate experience, you could major in virtually anything - although some majors may be a little better preparation than others. Or if you wanted to be a journalist or a consultant - you could also major in anything!</p>
<p>I think a good approach is to look at this broadly from both angles. Students need to think about the tasks that they enjoy doing and select a major partially based on that - you wouldn’t major in English if you hated writing papers, for example, or major in pure math if you don’t like proofs. On the other hand, you need to also think broadly about what your major will lead you to. If you really want to be a software engineer, majoring in psychology might not get you there (unless you minor or double-major in CS). But I use the word “broadly” deliberately - because majors don’t lead to narrow sets of careers like many students think they do.</p>
<p>What kind of college are you going to - a large public university with hundreds of majors, or a small LAC with a limited choice, or somewhere in between? Personally, your skills and interests seem well-suited for a variety of social science majors, but there are majors in other fields that could use good writers, thinkers, problem-solvers, researchers and data-collectors. A psychology or political science or sociology major would do all that stuff, but so could (potentially) someone majoring in environmental science or history or statistics. You could explore some of your interests in your major and others in the electives you take or a minor.</p>
<p>If you haven’t started college yet, I would say don’t fret. The best way to select a major is to narrow your choices down to a few and then take some classes in those major fields in your first year at college. See what you enjoy, and then pick.</p>