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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, here's the problem, not all students are computer geeks or budding engineers (and those are the majors with the best post-college job prospects). [/quote]

Not so!

The health care industry offers some of the best prospects when it comes to job opportunities in the next few years. I am not referring to doctors but everything from physical and occupational therapists to pharmacy technicians are showing job growth. So one does not need to be a computer geek or a budding engineer by any means.[/quote]

Well, but to work in that industry, you still have to have an interest in. nursing, in my view, is a service industry job.  I don't consider it something I or most people I know would want to do on a daily basis, no matter what it pays.  Now, some people love it (usually people who are really compassionate and like people), but there are a lot of horrible nurses out there because they went into that field for the job security, but they aren't really cut out for it.

As for the other stuff, pharmacy tech, et cetera, I really think it still requires a certain aptitude or interest.  If a person really has no interest in medicine, they won't get through the programs of study required for those fields.

Some of those jobs are votech jobs -- i.e. they don't even require a 4-year degree.  So yeah, that's totally an option.  skip traditional college, go to a community college, and get a job.  Plumbing, HVAC and other things are also areas where there are huge job prospects.  But if you are going to go into those areas, you don't really have to go to a university.

So sure, there are options.  But if you aren't interested in being a plumber or a nurse and basically want more of a white collar job, then you go to college, choose a course of study but make sure you also take some courses for computer skills and do some internships to network.

Personally, I would never have been happy working in the medical field.  So as hot as it is for jobs, it wouldn't have worked for me.  Nor would I have been happy as an engineer.  The point is that while you should definitely remember you are going to have to be marketable after college, you also have to keep in mind that this is something you are going to spend at least 40 hours a week doing for the rest of your working life!  So if someone hates hospitals, then no, pushing them to go into nursing because there are lots of job prospects is kind of setting them up for an unhappy life.

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