Business majors: what kind of jobs have you gotten?

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Originally Posted by Mykozo

This is true in any field. The days of companies heavily recruiting directly off of campus' is long gone. If you haven't set youreself up to succeed after you get your diploma, then you have alot of work ahead of you. That piece of paper isn't your ticket to a job, just a prerequisite. If you finish college, walk across the stage, and then ask yourself "now what?", then you are way behind. And if you can't interview, then learn, cause if you blow interviews your gonna have a hard time getting a job.

And speaking of employment, I just got promoted to Director of Audio Services at U of MD. Woot!

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Sadly, I graduated almost 6 years ago (B.S. Telecommunications) and didn't learn this lesson. This is something that I truly despise doing. THe list of things I hate worse than this are very short. There were other things that came into play, like the .com bubble bursting, my hospitalization, the economic downturn and outsourcing of IT, and the incompetent professors that taught the program (The director was fired just before I graduated). To add salt to the wound I didn't really learn anything. I know I wasn't destined to do this anyway. I'm now going for a certificate in a different field, BioMed. They're hiring everywhere, you don't need to press the flesh or network to get your job - getting in the door is as easy as working as a temp in manufacturing. I even know a guy that dropped out of college who's an engineer. In my classes, there's at least 2-3 displaced IT workers like myself.

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Originally Posted by Beefy Hits

They're hiring everywhere, you don't need to press the flesh or network to get your job - getting in the door is as easy as working as a temp in manufacturing. I even know a guy that dropped out of college who's an engineer. In my classes, there's at least 2-3 displaced IT workers like myself.

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It may not be a question of getting a job, but if you think you're going to be able to earn yourself a career in anything without networking you're dead wrong. Not only wrong but doing yourself a great disservice.

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Originally Posted by Mr-K

At least none of us are Sociology majors!

HA! Stupid hippies.

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Yeah, but they are least learning something. What are you learning? How to write better than me? Oooohh good job on that.

let me know when your ability to share your opinions very well saves the world.