Why Undergraduate Business School.

sakky
Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:54:35 +0000

Wanting to pursue a career in business, rather than some other field, narrows their job market. There is no denying that the breadth of desired careers is much greater amongst a CAS graduating class than a Business School graduating class.



But what about the breadth of undesired careers? Let’s be perfectly honest - not every liberal arts grad will get a good job, even if they graduate from well-regarded universities. Many of them will get bad jobs.

Consider some of the reported jobs taken by English majors from Berkeley. We have such vaunted positions as the head cashier at Barnes & Nobles. (Hey, at least it was head cashier, right?), Starbucks barista, front desk agent at the Hyatt, filing clerk, bar staff, and lumber puller. Let’s be perfectly honest - these are jobs that they probably could have obtained right out of high school.

https://career.berkeley.edu/Major2006/English.stm

I suspect that the guy who ended up at Starbucks probably would have preferred to have gone to Haas instead. Keep in mind, this is Berkeley we’re talking about - one of the most prestigious schools in the world. If Berkeley English majors end up with jobs like that, imagine what may happen to the English majors at lower ranked schools.