December 20, 2008
What is your degree major and how does it relate to your career?
Can you answer Island Girl's question about degrees?:
I have a degree in International Relations and a MA in International Commerce. I really want to pursue a career related to this field, particularly diplomacy, but the money isn't so hot.
I have a degree in International Relations and a MA in International Commerce. I really want to pursue a career related to this field, particularly diplomacy, but the money isn't so hot.
Another employment option (not really a career path) allows me to have a great life experience but doesn't relate to my degrees. The pay is better too. It will still be good for my career eventually, but not so linearly related.
It's self actualization versus material fulfilment.
How closely is your degree related to your career and how do you feel about that?
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I have an AAS degree in Secretarial Science. I've never been a Secretary.
The degree got my foot in the door, but I've worked for 28 years doing lots of difference stuff. I currently help oversee our corporate pension plan of over $6 billion.
I know lots of people that work outside of their degree field. Do what you think will make you the happiest. Life's too short to take a job just because you have a sheepskin that says that should be your job.
I went to school for interior design but my career is in Invitation and Greeting Cards. It's still design but not the same type. People always shy away from the careers they intended to get into.
My advice for you is follow your passion. I have and I am having a blast as a business owner do exactly what I want, helping people with their party needs.
I hope this helps.
THX!!!
I have a BA in psychology with a minor in Information Technology. I work in public relations. I use the things I learned in my university studies every single day. It's not so much that the material applies directly, although sometimes that's true, but it's more that college-level learning is generalizable learning (that's one of the primary definitions of it), so if you can generalize, you can apply the principals of what you know to whatever you do.
Do you have a second, or third, language? If so, what are some companies that have branches in countries where that language is spoken? The company I work for has an office in Asia, and I've traveled there on business. Would something like that appeal to you? Could you apply the principals of diplomacy to business development (negotiating deals) in the international arena? That would seem to me to be closely related to public relations, or to broaden the picture, to marketing. I know that pays well. How about that kind of thing for an area to explore?