Humanities Majors Fare Better than CJ and Business

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  1. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    I know this is not a free article, but you can read enough of it to get the gist. Plus, a couple of years ago, CJ and business did have some of the highest underemployment rates according to a PayScale study.

    I don't exactly agree with the author calling business and CJ vocational. They don't teach a vocation. CJ is a social science, and I think a more appropriate term for business would be "applied." TESU uses the term "applied professional."

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/study-offers-new-hope-for-english-majors-1540546200

    I don't have a humanities degree, but since the job market recovered in Texas, I've never had a problem using my social science degree to land a job that requires a degree. It's all a matter of being willing to work with special populations and depressing situations. I've only had my business degree for a little over a year, and maybe my experience is affected by my past work experience, but having a business degree has done nothing for me so far. Of course, this is just an anecdote.
     
  2. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member

  3. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    I clicked on the link and was able to see the whole article. It looked like it was behind a pay wall on the LinkedIn app.
     
  4. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    A definition of "underemployed" would have been helpful.
     
  5. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    Working a job that doesn't require a degree. Sometimes, part-time work is included in the definition. On average, jobs that don't require a degree pay less.
     
  6. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    I guess I can understand that, although it would be tough to account for jobs where no degree is required, but is still desired.
     
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