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Old 10-28-2011, 01:03 PM
 
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Why are you majoring in a liberal arts program? Why don't you major in something that is more marketable and can enable you to earn a higher salary, like engineering? Many high-tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Facebook are having trouble finding qualified people to fill job openings because there aren't enough technical graduates coming out of universities. Therefore, these companies are forced to hire people from outside the USA, such as from India and China, to fill these openings.

We don't need more liberal arts majors. I think most of these programs should be eliminated, except at the most prestigious universities. We already have far too many people with college degree who can't get hired.
I've seen tons of kids come in in the last couple years trying to get an engineering degree cause they wanted to make money. They are now in other majors because they can't handle the course work.
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Old 11-04-2011, 05:14 AM
 
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Your statement is simply false. Many police depts across the country have laid off significant numbers of their officers and others are under hiring freezes.
Job in law enforcement don't mean just a job in police
There are tons of jobs available in law enforcement as probation officer Border Patrol state prisons private prisons
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Old 11-04-2011, 07:57 AM
 
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Job in law enforcement don't mean just a job in police
There are tons of jobs available in law enforcement as probation officer Border Patrol state prisons private prisons

You are correct. And your statement that they never have a recession is still false.
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Old 11-04-2011, 08:22 AM
 
Location: GA
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Change to Law Enforcement and specialize in Cyber Crimes.
There is a marked lack of skills in certain gov't offices and this need will continue to grow.
Oh, and learn Chinese while your at it.

And you guys arguing about schools and money, Smart Money did a nice compare to the top best bang for buck colleges.
Ivy League schools were consistently worse than more techie schools and had higher debt ratios.
Even more interesting, the 10 year graduate average, top 10 all over 100k.
Unfortunately, they did not break down majors in this study but it's still interesting.
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