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What degree would be best?
My DH is thinking about going back to school and getting a more useful degree. He realized that the degree that he has is not in a field that suits his personality. What fields of study would you recommend in this job market? I know that you can't just find a job very easily with this economy.
(Here's some info on him. He loves writing, English was his favorite subject in school. He doesn't like retail/sales-type of jobs. He's done some work in the healthcare field that he was ok with.)
Re: What degree would be best?
When I was in college we had a student resource center that had tests for us and they matched our skills and likes with applicable jobs and what might actually be good decisions. I don't know what there is outside of the business realm, but from where I am almost anything business can be a good thing. Is your H creative? What does he do for fun? Does he like working public relations type work? I could see advertising/marketing using the english and public relations for sure, too. How about the para-legal route?
This is a pretty vague post. Why would we recommend a field of study if he's looking to find a field to suit his personality? If he's unhappy now, try to target what about his job, but not necessarily his career field, that he doesn't like, and try to change that. Incremental change may offer him more opportunities because he'll be able to leverage his current degree and experience with things that better suit his personality, rather than quitting cold turkey and going in a starting from scratch.
For instance, if he enjoys writing/English and has a degree in the healthcare field, what about looking into technical writing/editing, or medical journal peer review? If he hates sales and retail, what about back office of sales? (Sorry don't know what that's called) HTH.
While I agree that a degree is important to have in the field you want to be in, it doesn't always help you get a job in that field. With the economy being as it is, I would try to find an entry level position in something he likes first and try to get his new employer to pay for a portion of the degree if they want him to have it. I have a degree in Music and let's face it, that's pointless. But I was accepted in my current job because any degree is better than none. I went back to school on my own terms and got an MBA in HR and it's been almost a year without a job move into that field. So a degree in what you like or are interested in isn't always relevant.
Sorry if I went off on a little tangent there, but I think it's silly to recommend a major of study to someone when it doesn't always secure you a job in that field. It's a lot of money to spend.
work experience > worthless degree + slightly less worthless degree
Get in somewhere and work his way up!