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I did chemical engineering the first time around. While I did find a job right away back then, that degree is useless to me now (downsized out at the end of 2007 when job prospects were nil). The only thing available to me seems to be low paying permatemp positions. I've been asked a dozen times by different recruiters to interview for the same $20/hour temporary 1 year position in the last year.
I agree with off-shoring and h1-b's hurting our job prospects. You'd think they'd hire home grown first but they don't. I don't know if it's because foreigners will work for less or because they perceive them as being smarter or harder working but there is a strong preference here.
It's money. I remember some place was hiring from India for years. Now, I think they hire solely from Indonesia because the Indian workers asked for a raise. I think they wanted like five cents more an hour.
I don't regret my major as I got a job right out of college without loans. I do regret not moving out of NJ when I was getting offers and didn't have family. I feel like with paying off my husband's loans (he got a job too but his loans were high) and COL, we would have made our money go further.
I regret the first go around. Criminal Justice, then I made the mistake of almost going to law school. Fortunately I didnt. Spent a combine 2 years unemployed. I dont regret my second go around, Accounting/Finance. Havent had employment issues since then.
Journalism is in demand, but not like you'd think. Lots of media outlets need people to keep their online presence updated via comprehensive social media as well as web design/updating. Journalism is still a viable major.
I think many people hear "journalism" and inexplicably still think "newspapers." I worked in print journalism and happened to move on to other pastures in various other shades of green right about the time print started to tank.
There is still call for content writers, even though the format and platform is different. People still need to research and interview and report, regardless of how the information is presented. I'll be the first to say, as a onetime professional writer, that I personally have little interest in doing the type of writing that is now in highest demand in online journalism, but needless to say, there are people happy to do it.
I majored in religious studies. Got a job right out of college managing an accounting office. 18 months later got a job with a professional association in the administration, and almost 30 years later I'm still in association management as my career.
Undergraduate majors are NOT all about getting a job. They are about educating the person so as to improve his or her life in general. It has 100% worked out for me.
I majored in history and graduated in 2005. This is the first year where I have a decent paying job (paying 42,000) teaching.
The last 9 years I've worked odd jobs that paid anywhere from 8 dollars to 14 dollars an hour. This time last year, I was working as a teacher aide for 14,000 a year along with a second job at a retail store for 8 dollars an hour.
I've applied for a lot of jobs that required just a bachelors degree or wanted a college degree, but no dice.
College can be a waste if you don't major in something that can help you get a job interview.
I don't regret my college majors (I have several degrees). My bachelor's degree is in Liberal Arts with a minor in Business. I'm not ashamed of that in the least. Writing and the humanities have always been enjoyable for me. I picked up the business courses so that I could walk away with something practical. But I was already working in real estate. I had earned an AS degree in Electronics and when the small software development company I was working for tanked, I picked up a job in real estate. I then earned my bachelor's degree on a part-time basis.
I paid for a good portion of my degree out of my pocket. So if I had to shell out my hard earned cash, I wanted to study something I enjoyed. Yes the stress is there...looming that you are blowing your money. In fact, even at my graduation, a family member in attendance asked me straight out "Ok, so what exactly can you do with your degree?". It's hard having to always justify your degree to other people and potential employers especially. But I've never had to justify it to myself.
I also continued on to get my MBA. I was employed the entire time so there was no lag between getting my degree and finding a job in my case.
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