How many of y'all are doing what you went to school for?

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Originally Posted by LAblondeGPhi

Can I get a little ranty for a moment? All of these comments just remind me how strongly I feel that more universities need to incorporate career guidance programming into their curriculum. I'm talking a semester-long program where students explore different job functions and understand the degree, skills, and networking requirements for each. I see too many young people graduate with degrees from great institutions, and then have no idea what to do with them.

Or, I see liberal arts majors graduate with a great foundation, but without specific employer-desired skill sets. Fields like computer science and engineering produce graduates with skills that allow them to command much higher salary upon graduation. I love my liberal arts degree, but I was a bit of a blank canvas coming out of school, employment-wise.

The bolded is my life right now. My Senior Seminar English professor told us, "You guys better be looking at graduate schools, because you won't find too many jobs with your BA in English." You could imagine how deflated I was! My Pan-African Studies degree (also under liberal arts) has actually given me more opportunities than my English degree. My master degree program is in Cultural Foundations, which has already given me more future job options because it's under the field of Education.