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Location: Randolph, Utah | Anyone have a degree in this field? How is the job market?
I've been thinking about going back to school but I have no idea what I want to do, and this field kind of jumped out at me. |
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Location: Kentucky | Honestly, I would make your degree something broader, such as Business Administration.
ETA: I work in HR, and my undergrad is BA, and my masters is in Communications.
Edited by Murphy 2016-03-21 11:08 AM
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Location: Arkansas | Murphy - 2016-03-21 11:07 AM Honestly, I would make your degree something broader, such as Business Administration.
ETA: I work in HR, and my undergrad is BA, and my masters is in Communications.
I agree--I work in HR witha BBA in Marketing |
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| If you go into the business field I would suggest Accounting. And before you shoot me the, "I don't do well with numbers line," I want to say that had I known back when I was going to school what I know now - Accounting is the degree to have in Business. You can do all other disciplines in Business with an Accounting degree but it does not work the other reciprocally with the other business disciplines. Also, Accounting is about communication skills - both oral and written, and those can be learned. The numbers thing is a minor part of what accountants do but the opportunities are endless - you can work as a CPA or in private industry if you don't want to get a CPA license. Think about getting a master's degree in accounting if you already have an undergraduate degree. Any program worth its salt would be able to get you through a master's degree in 4 semesters, even if your UG degree is in another discipline. Good luck and I hope you are able to find what you are looking for!  |
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Location: Southern Indiana | Well I switched to a BA degree and got an HR internship my senior year, so I finished out my degree by focusing in HR. I also focused in finance. Needless to say I graduated and couldn't and still haven't got a job in HR. I think there's a decent amount of jobs out there but if you don't get lucky and get an in somewhere it's hard to land a job with little experience. HR would still be a good degree toward any kind of career in business.
What kind of experience do you have now? If you have transferable skills you might have better luck going into the field. |
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Location: Phoenix | brlraceaddict - 2016-03-21 10:50 AM If you go into the business field I would suggest Accounting. And before you shoot me the, "I don't do well with numbers line," I want to say that had I known back when I was going to school what I know now - Accounting is the degree to have in Business. You can do all other disciplines in Business with an Accounting degree but it does not work the other reciprocally with the other business disciplines. Also, Accounting is about communication skills - both oral and written, and those can be learned. The numbers thing is a minor part of what accountants do but the opportunities are endless - you can work as a CPA or in private industry if you don't want to get a CPA license. Think about getting a master's degree in accounting if you already have an undergraduate degree. Any program worth its salt would be able to get you through a master's degree in 4 semesters, even if your UG degree is in another discipline. Good luck and I hope you are able to find what you are looking for!
I agree with this. |
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Location: KS | I have a Masters in HRM, my undergrad is Animal Science Production & Management. After 2 years of being an extension agent I knew that was not the job for me. I have been in HR for 13 years (in 2 different states) and an HR Director for over 8 years. HR is a competitive field, most companies want someone with years of experience due to the litigious nature of the field. There are so many laws and rules that you have to keep track of (ACA, COBRA, FMLA, FLSA just to name a fiew), on top of everything that you deal with in the Employee Relations areas. I would say that if you are more interested in the payroll aspect of HR then an accounting degree would be fine, however in all 3 of the companies that I have been in (a large for profit, a large state agency and a mid sized non profit) our HR staff has either had an HR degree or years of experience in HR. Employees with Accounting backgrounds usually are in fiance doing AP or billing. At all 3 companies Payroll was an HR function. |
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| I went to Community college and got an AS in Business Admin and an AS in Accounting. Worked in payroll/hr for a private non profit for 2 years and got a job as an Accounting Tech at a University. Now I can go to school for free to get my Bachelor's in BA. That way, I qualify for the jobs requiring an undergrad, but also have the accounting background and degree. I absolutely LOVED payroll at the nonprofit, but the non-profit sector sucks in this area, and they couldn't compete with the pay and benefits of being a state employee. |
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