VOLUME 29, ISSUE 6 WWW.BROWARD.EDU/STUDENTLIFE/PUBLICATIONS/OBSERVER/PAGES/DEFAULT November 11, 2014 The Broward College Student Newspaper Campus News BC spotlight Centerspread Opinion Backpage Want More Observer? theobservernews.blogspot.com Best Buddies BC professor Elisa Learn the Determine Bailey Hall has updates on articles, program joins with Albo releases new ins-and-outs of whether or gets biggest Entertainment, Sports and BC to help those in elegy poetry book Black Friday not Internet renovation in much more. need addiction is real history Check Out: ON PAGE 6 ON PAGE 3 ON PAGE 8-9 ON PAGE 14 ON PAGE 16 theobservernews.blogspot.com CAREER CHOICES Top Five Best Top Five Worst Jeetsu Ahuja The field of nursing is a great field to Jennifer Beardslee Radi the demand for psychologists in Staff writer get a degree in, too. Staff Writer America is so low at the time. As a nurse, this is a career is not only According to apa.org, psychology Picking a college major is the first out gratifying to souls, but to pockets as Many college students are trying to go graduates total to an amount of about of many mature decisions that college well. into a career straight after graduation 5,000. students have to start making in life With all of these never heard of because it sounds promising and ideal. In contrast to psychology currently from that point onwards. diseases creeping up these days, However, a couple of new studies being one of the worst majors to So, the decision should be taken the demand for nurses have been reveal that the major that college choose, the U.S. Department of Labor after putting much thought into what increasing rapidly and is expected to students choose can either be preparing claims that over the next 10 years, the interests them, versus the hire-ability see greater heights in times to come. them for a career, or preparing them demand for psychologists will grow by of that degree after students graduate. Aside from diseases, healthy or sick, for underemployment. 12 percent. The number one best choice of a a nurses will always be in demand. The term ‘underemployment’ is While education will always be a major is engineering. In addition to this, the job of a nurse defined as: “holding a job that doesn’t constant, many different factors come According to the website,G has prospects that are not only plenty, put all your education, experience, and between the demand for education mycollegeguide.org, engineering is in but also varied in this field. ability to work,” according to PayScale, majors and education always existing. high demand, and it comes with a high- Majoring in management a salary research firm. Many schools are constantly facing paying salary. information systems (MIS) is one of This makes the criteria for being and dealing with budget cuts, economic Basically, college students choosing the top best-paying majors in America underemployed as follows:B underpaid, conditions and the shortage of college to major in engineering and graduating as well. not working as many hours as they students who graduated with a degree with a degree in the field do not Apart from technical skills want, or not using their education or in education. have to worry about being a part of like programming or application training. The field of sociology can get tricky the percentage that makes up the development, database management, Many people may have already heard when it comes to correctly choosing unemployment rate in the United system analysis, project management that certain majors may not lead to a how to major in the field. States. etc., those majoring in MIS will also learn career, but the results of this study By definition, according to Following closely comes a degree in micro/macro economics, accounting, that state which majors are actually worldwidelearn.com, sociology is “a computer science. $marketing and management, which considered to be the worst choices, are broad science, covering many different Since technology touches every little could always benefit college students surprising. disciplines in the social sciences.” thing that people do in their everyday who get a degree in this specific field. Business management and A degree in sociology fits in the lives, the ‘techie-gurus’ have a vast So again, since the skill set is wide, administration, a very popular major, underemployment category because it playground for themselves. the job options also become capacious, just happens to be the second most is such a broad subject and field, that As Matt Sigelman, CEO of Burning after the college students graduate with underemployed major based on the unless those majoring in it know exactly Glass Technologies said, “It’s not just their degree in a major of their choice. study done by PayScale, with 60 what they want to do, unemployment about working at Google anymore.” Choosing the right career is a step- percent of those surveyed reporting follows closely after graduation. Knowing software will make anyone by-step process that requires proper underemployment.@An additional takeaway from the alluring for just about any industry. planning, just like a business venture It is second only to criminal justice study was that women dominate nine The world that we live in right now would. for jobs such as legal assistant/ of the 10 most underemployed majors. is always expanding, developing and Picking a college major (keeping in paralegal. Maybe this factor can lead us to the idea updating technology. mind what’s in demand and the skill Considering this, it is worth taking that enough women aren’t choosing So computer science graduates$ set that is held,) is the first step. Then, note that some degrees require higher-paying fields such as STEM. seldom have a problem finding a job sticking to it, doing well in school, and advanced study and students may need Time, experience, gender, skills once graduating and receiving their graduating with a degree in a well- to earn an advanced degree in order development and other factors can degree in this chosen major. chosen major will come easily to that to be set up for a job in their field, and affect a degree recipient’s employment, Another top major is actuarial college student. even then there are no guarantees to but a detail of equal, if not more mathematics. Some experts also say that college newly graduated college students with importance is their major. As an actuary, those in the industry students should prepare for a career these degrees. With a factual list of the top five can use mathematics, statistics that the crowd does not run after. With Obtaining more education can’t save worst majors to choose, this is not to and financial theories to study the this sort of mindset, the chosen major college students from the pitfalls of talk anyone out of what their dreams ambivalent future events. will always be in demand, and it will underemployment. are. Since most businesses are always always be open to hire someone. It was revealed that 4-year degrees However, the unemployment rate, looking to minimize their business It’s the simple demand-supply theory are most likely Didentified with especially in Florida, seems to just be costs, the demand for actuariesD behind it: if there are too many people underemployment. getting worse and worse. remains high. pursuing the same career, it will be all The list of underemployed majors So, choosing wisely when picking The Jobs Rated Almanac has the more difficult for those to get a job also includes psychology, education, a major is essential, and avoiding consistently rated actuary as one of the in that field. and sociology. one that most likely won’t score a job top two or three jobs. Psychology makes the list because should be on the top of anyone’s list. 2 Briefs November 11, 2014 Seahawk News: What’s happening at BC? 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