Parents pressuring sister to major in "something useful".

Chedva
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:09:13 +0000

I think that employers, at least at the low to middle levels, may start looking for more vocationally prepared students.

All the studies done so far say that employers prefer entry-level employees who are not vocationally prepared (except for the obvious accounting, engineering, etc. types of careers). Why? Because the vocationally prepared, like business majors, come in thinking they know it all. Employers would rather teach people their own business and they way they run their business, and not have the recent grad try to change things because “that’s what I learned in college.” Today, employers are looking for people who can read, write, express themselves coherently and persuasively, learn new things quickly and are adaptable.