How is the Job Market Now?

Media/Journalism is the hottest job these days due to the international social media explosion. Chinese, Arabic, and Spanish language writers start at $100,000. Smart Phone videographers who can edit packages for instagram and TV stations, and author iPhone/Android apps make $150,000 to start. BFAs in Visual Arts start at $125,000.

"How is the Job market now?"

Still s'hi't

Flagpole has a degree in English and has done just fine. Plenty of opportunities out there for the smart graduate.

Seems to be good in larger cities. I got hit up by 3 headhunters today.

If you want to work a part-time $10/hour service job, the job market for you is slightly better than it was a few years ago. If you want to start a career and be successful, you'd better firmly decide on a field and work to be the best at it, because only the best have a chance anymore.

The job market is getting worse after each pop in our bubble economy. Companies really leaned out after the 2008 recession.

But who cares about jobs? The goal of economy shouldn't be to create more work. We want fewer jobs, fewer working hours, more leisure time. After all, the USSR had 100% employment. You can move to Cuba if having a job is your goal.

We're HIRING NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wrote:

author iPhone/Android apps make $150,000 to start. B.

Nope. The app bubble is OVER! You either have a huge hit or you starve. Better to buy a lotto ticket.

All I know is I have one and all the people around do as well. My apprentice just received offers from 4 different firms and she graduates in May yet she already accepted an offer and starts work in July. People that want a job find a job. I don't understand how people say there is no work. Move to Washington State where the work is.

My brother had been unable to find a job (other than home depot/fast food) for four years since graduating from college but just landed a pretty good gig. This was after not being able to work at all for the least year due to being in a serious accident so he was litterally doing nothing except laying on the couch. Based on that sample of one it seems like it must be picking up.

1) Going to college and studying what you are interested in is a very personal decision, and so if she wanted to major in English, strong advice against it from her older brother would likely fall on deaf ears. Besides, a degree in English is very practical. It's not like it's Art History or Women's Studies. There are LOTS of jobs out there for people with excellent communication skills, and a degree in English helps one acquire those.

2) Is she going to land her "dream" job within 2 weeks of graduating? Well, that depends on what her "dream" job is and how prepared she is to go get it. Did she have internships or paid positions in her field of choice while she was in college? Did she work her a$$ off to stand out among her fellow college graduates? I did BOTH of those things in college and so with a degree in journalism and English, I had a job as a newspaper reporter before I even graduated, and that was in 1989 with a tough job market.

For some reason, people like to rip on English majors. There are two sides to a degree in English; literature and writing. The literature side isn't going to help you in the working world too much unless you want to be a teacher or a professor or a few other niche areas. The WRITING though is extremely valuable. How many jobs out there say, "Excellent written and oral communication skills"? Oral communication comes with a little bit of practice, but the written takes a bit more for most people, and most people are horrible at it.

Also, there are some DREAM jobs out there for skilled writers and paths in place to get them. I know two people (both in their 20s) who are writers for television shows. They both started out as writing assistants working for peanuts and have now moved up a bit. Can be a very nice career for someone who loves that kind of thing.

Beyond that though, English majors are needed for EVERYTHING from Web development to marketing. If you are an average student though with average drive and average skills, be prepared for an average job.