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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Heee is the gift/free link to The NY Times piece today;

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/29/opinion/college-graduates-job-market.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oE0.0CC_.gaYa0MGKRddj&smid=url-share[/quote]
thanks for the gift.

Pick a major that's in demand; CS majors are still in demand as are accounting majors.

[quote]In the here and now, you’re in pretty good shape if you studied computer science, engineering, mathematics or math-intensive business fields such as finance and accounting, according to Burning Glass’s research. Education and health majors are also sought after.

Not so in demand: graduates in public safety and security, recreation and wellness studies and general business fields such as marketing.

Employers are desperate to hire accounting majors, Michael Steinitz, the senior executive director of professional talent solutions at Robert Half International, a human resources consulting firm, told me.[/quote]

And if you fear AI will take over your job:

[quote]The most successful grads have a combination of technical skills and what might be broadly called people skills, including the ability to communicate in print and in person, motivate and work in teams. Examples from Sigelman: data scientists who are good at writing and humanities majors in marketing who learn structured query language.[/quote][/quote]

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