The Complete Idiot's Guide to Choosing a College Major

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Choosing a College Major

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Choosing a College Major: Future-Focused Strategies for Finding a Field Where You'll Excel

Real jobs for real majors!

by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.

Alpha Books

ISBN: 1592576850

If you don't have your own copy, of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Choosing a College Major, buy a copy for yourself today!!

This guide to majors, careers, and jobs helps students:

plan their futures by examining lifelong interests, skills, and passions
conduct career search through personal and experiential sources
decide on majors and minors by determining what's best for them

Readers can find practical advice and information on real job titles and careers for college graduates with just about any college major, from business and the arts, to science and music. Each chapter includes information on typical majors, background on various careers, skills needed, sample job entry-level job ads, industry resources and professional associations, employment outlook, salary information, and other features.

From the back cover...

You want a college major that's both practical and personally fulfilling. And you can't afford to spend six years in school, "sampling" different fields until you find the one that fits...

Focus your efforts! Follow the commonsense advice in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Choosing a College Major, and you'll be that much closer to making this life-changing decision. In this book, you get:

Practical tips on choosing a college major that will help you land a well-paying job.

Fast facts about the majors empoyers like to see on resumes.

Hints on finding a major that reflects your own interests and hobbies.

Guidance toward a field of study that will help you fulfill personal goals like travel or service to others.

What can you do with your major? It depends. You're completing one of the most important steps right now -- conducting research. While your college degree is the most important goal, a major can play an important role in helping provide you with direction toward a successful career. By choosing a college major because of specific job opportunities, you can then gain valuable experience while in college that should also help you decide if that major and career are right for you.

What Can I do With a Major in...:

Careers in the Arts:

The Visual Arts (Art, Art History, Photography, Film Studies)
Humanities
Design (Digital, Graphic, Fashion, Interior, Architecture)
English, Journalism, and Communications Studies
Foreign Language
Performing Arts

Careers in Business:

Accounting, Finance, and Economics
International Business
Management, Entrepreneurship, and Hospitality
Marketing, Advertising, Retailing, and Sales
Real Estate

Careers in the Sciences:

Agriculture, Biology, and Life Sciences
Environmental Science, Wildlife and Forestry
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Engineering
Geography, Geology, and Geophysics
Physics and Astronomy
Zoology

Careers in Service to People:

Education (Teaching)
Health Services
Exercise Science and Recreation & Leisure Studies
Pre-Med and Pre-Pharmacy

Careers in the Social Sciences:

History and Political Science
Math and Computer Science
Psychology, Social Work, and Sociology
Criminology and Pre-Law

Special Section of Quintessential Careers: Real Jobs for Real Majors
What Can I do With a Major In...?

Struggle no longer if you've been trying to find real jobs for graduates of specific college majors. This section of Quintessential Careers provides you with real job titles and careers for students who major in just about any major.

Maximize your career and job-search knowledge and skills! Take advantage of The Quintessential Careers Content Index, which enables site visitors to locate articles, tutorials, quizzes, and worksheets in 35 career, college, job-search topic areas.

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