I hope to graduate with a bachelors in Sociology this May. Don’t ask why I chose Sociology — I don’t even know myself. I guess it was kind of by default as nothing else stuck out. In any event, I’ll be hitting the job market this summer but just how bad are my prospects?
It’s a plus that I have a four year degree, but I have no idea what I want to do. This has plagued me throughout college. Worse yet, I have learned extremely little in college as my college experience has been little beyond Jeopardy-like facts that I’ve largely forgotten. I don’t really have any skills that I didn’t have after high school. Not to make myself sound helpless, but with no experience doing much of anything, I don’t have a whole lot of work-related skills. The only job I ever had, a desk position at a retirement complex, hardly required a college education. On the plus side, I have had it for four years, which shows steady employment and paints me as reliable employee. Being an introvert, I don’t have much of a network to speak of, either.
To me, the negatives outweigh the positives… especially when the market is as bad as it is. But what do you think – how good, or bad, are my job prospects??
I’m curious.
Your job prospects are definitely worse than the people with Engineering, or Accounting degrees.
But do not give up hope – look for work that is more dependent on personality and character than on technical skills – like sales, or customer service.
because the job market is so bad now, you may have to make do with an entry level, lower paying job for the time being.
Your job prospects are definitely worse than the people with Engineering, or Accounting degrees.
But do not give up hope – look for work that is more dependent on personality and character than on technical skills – like sales, or customer service.
because the job market is so bad now, you may have to make do with an entry level, lower paying job for the time being.
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