Interesting Article From NYTimes About Business Majors

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Anonymous wrote:Look at job placement statisitics for undergraduate business majors ---many have a job lined up before they graduate.

Yep. Until I see job postings seeking classics majors, I am skeptical of this article.

Classics majors are probably better prepared for the business world than business majors.

Good, but there are few job postings for classics majors.

It's not like postings are for majors though--very few postings outside of technical degrees ask for your major. They look for a BA/BS and then skills and those you build up or don't regardless of your major.

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Anonymous wrote:Look at job placement statisitics for undergraduate business majors ---many have a job lined up before they graduate.

Yep. Until I see job postings seeking classics majors, I am skeptical of this article.

Classics majors are probably better prepared for the business world than business majors.

Good, but there are few job postings for classics majors.

It's not like postings are for majors though--very few postings outside of technical degrees ask for your major. They look for a BA/BS and then skills and those you build up or don't regardless of your major.

True. You don't need a business degree, per se, to do a business job. Unlike engineering, medicine, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Look at job placement statisitics for undergraduate business majors ---many have a job lined up before they graduate.

Yep. Until I see job postings seeking classics majors, I am skeptical of this article.

Classics majors are probably better prepared for the business world than business majors.

Good, but there are few job postings for classics majors.

It's not like postings are for majors though--very few postings outside of technical degrees ask for your major. They look for a BA/BS and then skills and those you build up or don't regardless of your major.

True. You don't need a business degree, per se, to do a business job. Unlike engineering, medicine, etc.

Many engineers don’t have degrees.

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Anonymous wrote:Look at job placement statisitics for undergraduate business majors ---many have a job lined up before they graduate.

Yep. Until I see job postings seeking classics majors, I am skeptical of this article.

Classics majors are probably better prepared for the business world than business majors.

Good, but there are few job postings for classics majors.

It's not like postings are for majors though--very few postings outside of technical degrees ask for your major. They look for a BA/BS and then skills and those you build up or don't regardless of your major.

True. You don't need a business degree, per se, to do a business job. Unlike engineering, medicine, etc.

Many engineers don’t have degrees.

I was referring to mechanical, civil, electrical, etc. engineers, not train engineers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at job placement statisitics for undergraduate business majors ---many have a job lined up before they graduate.

Yep. Until I see job postings seeking classics majors, I am skeptical of this article.

Classics majors are probably better prepared for the business world than business majors.

Oh phleeeeeze. For years I have read quotes from CEOs who say, "we want liberal arts majors because they have been trained to critically think". And who do they hire? Accounting, finance, and engineering grads. The only exception are graduates of places like Harvard, which 99.9% of students don't attend.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at job placement statisitics for undergraduate business majors ---many have a job lined up before they graduate.

Yep. Until I see job postings seeking classics majors, I am skeptical of this article.

Classics majors are probably better prepared for the business world than business majors.

Oh phleeeeeze. For years I have read quotes from CEOs who say, "we want liberal arts majors because they have been trained to critically think". And who do they hire? Accounting, finance, and engineering grads. The only exception are graduates of places like Harvard, which 99.9% of students don't attend.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at job placement statisitics for undergraduate business majors ---many have a job lined up before they graduate.

Yep. Until I see job postings seeking classics majors, I am skeptical of this article.

Classics majors are probably better prepared for the business world than business majors.

Oh phleeeeeze. For years I have read quotes from CEOs who say, "we want liberal arts majors because they have been trained to critically think". And who do they hire? Accounting, finance, and engineering grads. The only exception are graduates of places like Harvard, which 99.9% of students don't attend.

And yet the data shows otherwise.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at job placement statisitics for undergraduate business majors ---many have a job lined up before they graduate.

Yep. Until I see job postings seeking classics majors, I am skeptical of this article.

Classics majors are probably better prepared for the business world than business majors.

Oh phleeeeeze. For years I have read quotes from CEOs who say, "we want liberal arts majors because they have been trained to critically think". And who do they hire? Accounting, finance, and engineering grads. The only exception are graduates of places like Harvard, which 99.9% of students don't attend.

And yet the data shows otherwise.

If you look at job postings for higher level positions in companies that involve the business/financial side of things, you most certainly see in the vast majority of postings things like, "finance, accounting or economics degree strongly preferred." Engineering is often added for firms that involve a lot of technology or manufacturing. I have been doing a research project that requires collecting job postings for senior professionals and have looked at thousands postings in the past year. Very few do not specify preferred degrees in a business domain. For an entry level job, perhaps a "classics" major will be fine. But it's simply not true that a classics major is better prepared for advanced financial work and their external opportunities when trying to move up in the ranks will be reduced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at job placement statisitics for undergraduate business majors ---many have a job lined up before they graduate.

Yep. Until I see job postings seeking classics majors, I am skeptical of this article.

Classics majors are probably better prepared for the business world than business majors.

Oh phleeeeeze. For years I have read quotes from CEOs who say, "we want liberal arts majors because they have been trained to critically think". And who do they hire? Accounting, finance, and engineering grads. The only exception are graduates of places like Harvard, which 99.9% of students don't attend.

And yet the data shows otherwise.

If you look at job postings for higher level positions in companies that involve the business/financial side of things, you most certainly see in the vast majority of postings things like, "finance, accounting or economics degree strongly preferred." Engineering is often added for firms that involve a lot of technology or manufacturing. I have been doing a research project that requires collecting job postings for senior professionals and have looked at thousands postings in the past year. Very few do not specify preferred degrees in a business domain. For an entry level job, perhaps a "classics" major will be fine. But it's simply not true that a classics major is better prepared for advanced financial work and their external opportunities when trying to move up in the ranks will be reduced.

Yes, the entry level you can get with classics (or English, or history or any other liberal arts major etc.) you do a good job because you've had a solid education and then you get the MBA or MS in the field your goals or work experience seems to be leading you towards--sometimes paid by your employer. So yes you have to get the masters, but it seems way better to get a liberal arts education and then a specialized masters than a business major then a business masters. For higher up positions they usually want the Masters anyway. It's a well-worn path.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at job placement statisitics for undergraduate business majors ---many have a job lined up before they graduate.

Yep. Until I see job postings seeking classics majors, I am skeptical of this article.

Classics majors are probably better prepared for the business world than business majors.

Good, but there are few job postings for classics majors.

It's not like postings are for majors though--very few postings outside of technical degrees ask for your major. They look for a BA/BS and then skills and those you build up or don't regardless of your major.

True. You don't need a business degree, per se, to do a business job. Unlike engineering, medicine, etc.

Many engineers don’t have degrees.

I was referring to mechanical, civil, electrical, etc. engineers, not train engineers.

You are an idiot.

Still many Non train engineers don’t have degrees.

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MBA is garbage, I would say toilet paper but covid has placed value on it