My goal is to go into International Business, if I had to be more specific I would say my interest lies more in the Marketing, Import/Export, and even banking. Getting a Certificate in Financial Operations, would not only make more more marketable in the job market (hopefully), in addition to covering some of my AA courses along the way. I really really want to avoid the Retail aspect of business. I actually walked out on an interview with Wells Fargo recently because they were so pushy an sales driven, it just screamed of predatory and unethical practices. When I went to Bank of America looking for a Teller job, I was seeing more of the same, so its pretty much a occupational trend I want no part of.
I hope you are right about my hospitality experience meaning something. Hopefully when I move to S. Florida it will, because here in Orlando, it means pretty much nothing, because it is the only industry around and the bar is set very low here.
My educational plan my advisor wrote up for me seems pretty solid. She has me finishing off my Gen Ed. courses this semester, and then the next two semesters are the Intl Business related courses. The 2nd to last and last classes, she has earmarked for either Business Electives or Internships.
I respect the input for many here that are saying load up on classes, but as you just said, internships look good on a resume. Landing a job that I can build on is priority one, then I am going to pursue higher education.