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Our IT department was offshored to Costa Rica from Iowa. We still have a small staff locally after the frontliners filter out the simple problems. But, it was simply not cost effective to keep paying locals 3 or 4 times what Costa Rica gets paid for the same job. Unemployement, taxes, insurance, regulations, the list is long. How can you fault the employer for cutting costs?
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10 Highest Paying Degrees 2010 – Best Majors in Demand Now
by Darwin on February 12, 2010
The top 10 highest paying majors numbers are out from the National Association of Colleges and Employers and it’s a very interesting mix. The top slots are all very similar to the highest paying majors from the 2009 salary survey with some minor annual increases. The bottom of the list changed a bit. What I continue to find interesting is the strong demand for engineering degrees at the entry level even though many manufacturing companies are leading waves of layoffs given lack of demand during the recession."
Petroleum engineers are in demand big time. Average starting salary is $85K, median is around $100K. Cash money, baby.
I'm an IT/CS major and I'm starting to consider switching.
Yes, I graduated from Texas A&M several years ago and they have the best petroleum engineering program. Everyone I know who graduated with that degree was working within several months
Any engineering degree is very marketable though.... also info tech and computer science
Other than engineering to build our buildings and what not, I would say anything related to the medical or healthcare field.
Reason is due to the fact that more people are suffering than ever and there is such a shortage of staff that the current ones are stretched to maximum sanity and are stretched even further.
Crowded ERs? Check
Crowded hospital beds? Check
Lack of medical staff? Check
Big population of aging citizens in the near future? Check
Anything to do about it? None
So if you want a job, medical or healthcare is the way to go as there is always openings.
Math and Physics. Math and Physics are foundational majors. That is, if you can do Math and Physics, then you can probably learn a wide of trades like engineering or computer science or statistics on the job. This is why top Economics departments prefer graduate students who majored in Math and Physics instead of Economics.
Some employers, usually mid-level companies, will only hire those who majored in trades, like IT, Accounting, and Finance. But good recruiters will look for those with skills and knowledge that are easily transferrable.
Philosophy is another good one as long as they graduated from a rigorous department that requires a year of logic and number-set theory. Philosophy majors are the most well-rounded, can handle some math, and are the best writers.
Majors like English and History aren't useless but they don't teach analytical and writing skills as efficiently as a rigorous education in Philosophy. English majors especially have to sit through a lot of useless polemic and often come out with an unrealistic vision of how the world works.
Major in something foundational. That way, you can worry less about market trends. If you can't get a job in IT, then look for one in the actuarial sciences. If engineering jobs are outsourced, then try computer science. But if you major in IT and there aren't any IT jobs, you're screwed.
Engineering. My brother-in-law works for the county. Gets paid 6 figures. Spends 80% of he time shooting the breeze with fellow governtment nipple-sucklers.
If you can hack it, Chemical Engineering. Most people can't, though, so it's probably simple supply and demand that keeps them so well paid right out of school.
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