<p>Does anyone know the best easy resource for major/job title employability information? Outside of specific tracks like mechanical engineering, nursing or accounting, how do you match major to career path title (the $1,000,000 question)? This is not a rhetorical question . . . I’ve been wondering about how to more easy get D to see real job/career titles and realistic prospects and how they work backwards through graduate and undergraduate study.</p>
<p>For new graduates, put “career survey” in the search box of each school’s web site.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, most schools do not have anything useful. Some that do are listed here:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html</a></p>
<p>But even then, the amount of detail varies. Berkeley, Cal Poly SLO, and Virginia Tech have the most detailed and accessible survey results. There is also the limitation of less than 100% survey response, and the hiding (for student privacy reasons) of data for which there are few responses.</p>
<p>There is also a non-school-specific report here:
[Center</a> on Education and the Workforce -](<a href=“http://cew.georgetown.edu/whatsitworth/]Center”>What’s It Worth?: The Economic Value of College Majors - CEW Georgetown)</p>
<p>Thanks, ucbalumnus - So many reports like that are USNews or Huff Post type fluff aimed at news stand readers rather than real, useful resources. I appreciate it!</p>
<p>Having worked in both the public and private arenas for microbiologists, I can confidentially state that the world is in desperate need for these specialists. We have a huge number of folks that are and will be retiring from this field soon. And the world is also in great need for engineers. This is a real issue and I and my husband, both involved in hiring, have seen this first hand.</p>
<p>Thanks, tobeeducated, for backing up my statement that a graduate with a specialized biology degree (like genetics or microbiology) is a lot more employable than one with a generic biology degree.</p>
<p>As for the need for engineers, completely outside of their engineering specialty, they are trained in logic and attention to detail and are results oriented. In a joint engineering-business minor with many joint projects, my son reported that the engineers blew the business minors away, not just in the engineering aspects, but in the business aspects as well.</p>