Does your major in college really matters? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 year ago by jerebear39@slrpnk.net to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm in my last year of college and for some reason, I decided to design my own major, and I feel like I made a mistake, I'm looking at jobs RN and feel like no employer is going to understand it at all. And that I don't really have much in demand skills? (FYI - it's a BA in community development, so kinda like urban planning but more expansive, my major Combines Social Work, Business, and Sustainability)

In y'all experience, does a college major matter much in the long run?

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[-] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Depends what you want to do. You can always do consultancy work, those consultancy firms usually just want to see that you have a bachelors degree. Since that means you are trainable. They usually train their new recruits internally. You probably not gonna end up at the big firms like EY or BCG, because they only hire people from Ivy leagues or through their own social network. But there are plenty of smaller firms who will hire you.

And you can always just get a bunch of a Salesforce certificates to improve your resume.

[-] jerebear39@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the salesforce tip! I saw a listing on LinkedIn for a Community Development Associate for ICF or something and applied anyway despite having a couple more months till I graduate. I have been looking at consultancy firms and engineering services firms as well. I was kinda stuck on working in local government but I have learnt there's actually alot of options to try for.

[-] snowyday@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Local and state government jobs are great

Also look at nonprofits. Many would be interested in this major

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