Majors to go into

[Anonymous]

Hi! I know I could get this advice from just the internet but I wanted to see if any of you had any advice suggestions on it. My daughter is interested in possibly marketing and journalism. She thinks marketing is a safer way to go but thinks journalism would be much cooler. What even are jobs in journalism that you can do that allow you to travel and learn and make a difference? Or in marketing? She is looking into what she might want to do in her future and just looking for suggestion. She is outgoing, kind, friendly.

[Anonymous]

Journalism is basically marketing these days and it’s devolved into a dreadful profession that just chases clicks and likes. Aim higher.

[Anonymous]

I would not pay for my child’s education if they desired to pursue journalism or marketing. Sorry, but I am only paying for high paying professional jobs.

[Anonymous]

Journalism job market is always tight. How about business major?

[Anonymous]

My son is a communication/marketing major, just graduated.

He has a ton of friends that did the same.

They have various jobs with Discovery, ESPN. They also got jobs as recruiters and jobs in finance.

They learn to think and write.

There is digital media which is interesting… every marketing firm now needs to analyze their digital data.

If she can write technical writing pays well and you don’t have to be technical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is a communication/marketing major, just graduated.

He has a ton of friends that did the same.

They have various jobs with Discovery, ESPN. They also got jobs as recruiters and jobs in finance.

They learn to think and write.

There is digital media which is interesting… every marketing firm now needs to analyze their digital data.

If she can write technical writing pays well and you don’t have to be technical.

what school

[Anonymous]

Find schools with both business and journalism

Marketing is normally under business.

Business major is usually harder to get in.

Business major with marketing concentration and journalism minor would be the ideal.

[Anonymous]

There is huge demand for people to manage social media accounts and handle adveritising on platforms.

She should consider a double major in journalism/communications and marketing. Be advised, employers want hard skills, so being able to interpret analytics or social scienc-y types of data is a major plus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is a communication/marketing major, just graduated.

He has a ton of friends that did the same.

They have various jobs with Discovery, ESPN. They also got jobs as recruiters and jobs in finance.

They learn to think and write.

There is digital media which is interesting… every marketing firm now needs to analyze their digital data.

If she can write technical writing pays well and you don’t have to be technical.

Please don't listen to this person. Marketing majors don't "go into finance." Even accounting majors, who take much more finance than marketing majors do, have a hard time landing desirable finance jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is a communication/marketing major, just graduated.

He has a ton of friends that did the same.

They have various jobs with Discovery, ESPN. They also got jobs as recruiters and jobs in finance.

They learn to think and write.

There is digital media which is interesting… every marketing firm now needs to analyze their digital data.

If she can write technical writing pays well and you don’t have to be technical.

what school

Emerson

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is a communication/marketing major, just graduated.

He has a ton of friends that did the same.

They have various jobs with Discovery, ESPN. They also got jobs as recruiters and jobs in finance.

They learn to think and write.

There is digital media which is interesting… every marketing firm now needs to analyze their digital data.

If she can write technical writing pays well and you don’t have to be technical.

Please don't listen to this person. Marketing majors don't "go into finance." Even accounting majors, who take much more finance than marketing majors do, have a hard time landing desirable finance jobs.

Yes. You can get a degree in pretty much anything and go into finance. You literally only have to take economics 1&2 to get a finance job which are easy electives.

[Anonymous]

None of my kids currently is employed in a job related in any significant way to their college majors, and all of them are doing just fine professionally, economically, and socially. Three of the four are making six figures.

Your job as a parent, assuming you can afford it, is to pay for college. That's it. Not to pick your kid's major, tell them what to major in, or refuse to pay for college if you don't like the major.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is a communication/marketing major, just graduated.

He has a ton of friends that did the same.

They have various jobs with Discovery, ESPN. They also got jobs as recruiters and jobs in finance.

They learn to think and write.

There is digital media which is interesting… every marketing firm now needs to analyze their digital data.

If she can write technical writing pays well and you don’t have to be technical.

what school

Emerson

Mediocre major at a mediocre school seems very risky, but some people have to gamble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None of my kids currently is employed in a job related in any significant way to their college majors, and all of them are doing just fine professionally, economically, and socially. Three of the four are making six figures.

Your job as a parent, assuming you can afford it, is to pay for college. That's it. Not to pick your kid's major, tell them what to major in, or refuse to pay for college if you don't like the major.

Too bad, kids picked the majors becasue they like it and have passion about the subject, but forced to work for someting not related.
Sorry about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is a communication/marketing major, just graduated.

He has a ton of friends that did the same.

They have various jobs with Discovery, ESPN. They also got jobs as recruiters and jobs in finance.

They learn to think and write.

There is digital media which is interesting… every marketing firm now needs to analyze their digital data.

If she can write technical writing pays well and you don’t have to be technical.

what school

Emerson

Mediocre major at a mediocre school seems very risky, but some people have to gamble.

Lol! Okay, Yea seems like the gamble has paid off for his friends.

He’s in graduate school for free. A few are in England doing a master and the rest have solid jobs.