I recently saw this stat on a survey of working Americans. I find that myself and many of those around me are constantly contemplating what we want out of our lives and a big part of our lives is where we work. So I wanted to do some more research on being satisfied with work especially as I read through the Happiness Project.
When you're growing up everything seems so easy. You graduate from high school, go to college, choose a major that includes subjects that interest you and then graduate from college and begin your dream job in your career field. This is so easy in theory and so incredibly difficult and uncommon in practice. Many of us are working in fields that have little or nothing to do with our acquired degrees.
According to USAtoday, college graduates who majored in zoology, anthropology, philosophy, art history and humanities were among the least likely to find jobs appropriate to their education level; those with nursing, teaching, accounting or computer science degrees were among the most likely. Because of this information I wanted to find out what are the most popular majors selected in colleges today. Below is a list of the top ten majors. Some of them would be considered jobs in a growing industry.
Knowing that it will be difficult to find a job available within your major does it make you more or less likely to select a degree in humanities or similar subject? Is it more important to be satisfied at work or to secure an open job? Which is more important to you?
Top 10 College Majors
1.
Business Administration and Management/Commerce
2.
Psychology
3.
Nursing
4. Biology/Biological
Sciences
5.
Education
6.
English Language and Literature
7.
Economics
8.
Communications Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
9.
Political Science and Government
10.
Computer and Information Sciences
--Krystal
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