TheSavvyStudent.com Education Article Series
From time to time, we will publish new articles pertaining to Online and Continuing Education. We hope these pieces will provide additional useful information and tips to you to help improve your understanding of the advantages of pursuing an online degree and how it may affect your lifestyle and career.
4 Great Careers to Train For In a Rough Economy
A rough economy means there are far fewer jobs to go around, and with more and more students graduating unable to find a position relevant to their degrees, it is time for many students to reconsider their plans in regards to education and future careers.
Degrees, Certificates and Careers
For some degree plans, there are clear career choices that are directly relevant. Engineering students become engineers. Accounting students become accountants. But the same is not true of other degrees. Business students don't necessarily become business managers nor do history majors necessarily become historians.
If employment is your primary objective leaving school, your degree choices should reflect that as well as your own interests. Obtaining a college degree in a field you dislike is just as harmful as earning one in something so vague you can't sell yourself to future employers. Ideally you can find a middle ground.
The Best Careers for New Graduates
To land a well paid career immediately out of school, your best options involve high need areas or a degree that teaches you specific skills you can put to use immediately.
- Engineering – There is a huge need in many fields of engineering. The coursework is challenging in most cases, but the rewards are significant. Engineers are sought on an ongoing basis by companies desperate to find the analytical, well-trained individuals to run and develop any number of systems, buildings, oil platforms, circuits and virtually everything around us. The more precise an engineering degree, the more specific the coursework and the more specific and marketable your skill set will be.
- Education – The teacher shortage continues to grow in many parts of the United States thanks to growing populations and retiring Baby Boomers. You can become certified to teach by obtaining a degree in education or by taking advantage of one of the many alternative certification programs available to those who have earned degrees in other fields, but want to become a teacher. In many cases, these alternative programs can be completed while teaching – especially in high need subject areas such as math, science and special education.
- Criminal Justice – There are a few degrees that are always relevant regardless of the market. Recession or not, the prisons are just as crowded and there are plenty of criminals on the streets to catch. A degree in criminology will put you in a great position to work for one of the many growing security fields. You can become a prison guard, a police officer, specific military personnel, or go to work for one of the many government agencies always growing and developing to address new threats.
- Accounting – In life there are a few certain things. As the joke goes you can count on birth, death, and taxes. And there is a need for people to take care of those taxes. If you have a head for math, you'll likely discover how satisfying lining up numbers in accounting can be. And graduating with a degree in accounting gives you very marketable skills from the moment you walk across the stage, if not before.
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