Potential SCM Major who needs some advice?!

JDBorough
Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:01:37 +0000

For a while now it has been my dream to work on the business side of consumer electronics and it was my plan to do so through majoring in finance, paying my dues at a big firm, and then heading into the tech side of things when I had enough experience.

However, I’m currently in a Finance/Accounting internship for the summer and am realizing this may not be what I want to do for the rest of my life.

As I’ve begun researching it seems more and more evident that my 2nd choice, SCM, might be a better fit for me. I’ve always been fascinated by product development; by the fact that all these raw ideas and materials come together to make the products that we know and love. It seems like I’d be exposed to this process with a SCM career, especially as I climb the latter and more-so than I would with Finance.

So as someone who hopes to break into consumer electronics SCM what would be a good minor or double major to make myself more appealing to these companies? What would be a good way to sort of “push” my career in that direction as an undergrad? Thanks!