Do people really go into the fields they study in College?

BattleaxE · 03-14-2006, 10:02 PM

Are you working in the field you want? I was amazed today when I read a survey that stated 65% of people with college degree's do not end up in the field they have the degree in. What do you think?

Merika · 03-14-2006, 10:18 PM

Are they working equal to or better jobs....or are these the people who end up at McDonalds because they picked a stupid major like 'Art Appreciation'? LOL!

Weiser · 03-14-2006, 10:23 PM

marketing...i work in a factory that i'm no longer allowed to talk at unless i am on my break or i will be fired. check out my post in the job section...

Merika · 03-14-2006, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Weiser

marketing...i work in a factory that i'm no longer allowed to talk at unless i am on my break or i will be fired. check out my post in the job section...

HAHA....will do!

Duke · 03-15-2006, 01:54 AM

I'm trained to be nothing so I guess I'm living up to my education.

Merika · 03-15-2006, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Duke

I'm trained to be nothing so I guess I'm living up to my education.

I have a certificate of non-success also.

Adonaicole · 03-15-2006, 11:31 AM

I have lot's of training/education that I'm not using, like plaster and plastics tool fabrication, industrial engineering, computer programming, cad, eod...
but it's all good, because I enjoy what I'm doing now...which is as little as possible. ha, ha...

twinkle · 03-15-2006, 11:41 AM

My Major is in International Business. I'm working in International Marketing for the moment and it is what I've always wanted. Now if they'd only give me the job ....

Vautrin · 03-16-2006, 07:44 AM

I am not working yet, and still studying. But we will see, as I can still opt for many directions. I would not be surprised, if I became something completely different than a psychologist though.

Merika · 03-16-2006, 09:19 AM

Twinks International Business would be interesting. Is that advertising around the world or something else?

Vautrin Maybe you'll become diamond dealer out of South Afica!

darkangelism · 03-17-2006, 03:20 AM

marketing, will prolly work in Oil.

Merika · 03-17-2006, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by darkangelism

marketing, will prolly work in Oil.

Better get a job quick before we run out of it.

Just kidding..............

sweetbilly · 03-19-2006, 10:18 PM

My major is Geology, i really hope to be able to do it after school. I wana do research for the oil Co's, they pay the best and i get paid for hiking through the mountains looking for natural resources etc... I can't even imagine a better job than that!! However, i'll prolly wind up working on a drilling rig. I'm also pursuing a Chemistry minor, so maybe i could do something in that field if my Geology stuff dosen't work out.

Merika · 03-20-2006, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by sweetbilly

My major is Geology, i really hope to be able to do it after school. I wana do research for the oil Co's, they pay the best and i get paid for hiking through the mountains looking for natural resources etc... I can't even imagine a better job than that!! However, i'll prolly wind up working on a drilling rig. I'm also pursuing a Chemistry minor, so maybe i could do something in that field if my Geology stuff dosen't work out.

Sometimes I think people should wait a few years before going to college. People like you who wait until their later 20's to chose a career usually love what they pick as a career and follow it through. Only when a person is 18-19 years old are they perhaps not sure what they want to do with the rest of their life and get pushed into picking a major they may not want to do at all.