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j REAKING INTO THE JOB MARKET
^Today’s executives prefer students with business administration degrees
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By STEPHEN J. O’BRIEN
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coordinator for job placement important, she said, but anyone
services at Collin County who brings special talents or
Community College, goes back enthusiasm to a specific field can
to school every semester to be successful after college.
brush up on her computer skills “I feel like if a person brings
serves as an example. uniqueness to a field, regardless
1 Even though Stewart preaches of its job opportunities, then they
• that students should study what can be as successful as they want
interests them and what will to be,” Stewart said. “I hate to see
, make them happy, there are people rule out jobs or careers
some skills that all job-seekers because that field isn’t hot at the
toneed. time.”
"We get calls all the time from But if breaking into the ranks
. companies looking for people of the corporate world is a priori-
with computer skills,” she said, ty for students, a recent survey
;U"But that can be tied to other might help them decide what to
are jobs. For my work I have to go study,
a back to school to keep up with Almost half of the executives
* the new programs and software, questioned said they prefer stu-
executives in the most recent importance. The constant evolu-
survey, according to tion of computers and related
Accountemps. technologies has made the ability
In 1990, 28 percent of execu- to learn on the job a more impor-
tives questioned said they pre- tant criterion.
ferred a business adminstration “As technology advancements
degree. Computer science was continue their rapid pace, many
the pick of 26 percent, and liberal professionals are gaining this
arts degrees held the top spot knowledge on the job or through
with 29 percent of employers pre- ongoing training,” Messmer said,
ferring graduates with those The major that lost the most
degrees. But this year s study favor among executives was lib-
reveals that only 18 percent now eral arts, which saw a 15-point
prefer computer science, and 14 1 r 1000 ,
percent view liberal arts as the decrease from 10 according to
most important degree. the study. Despite .the drop, most
“We try to emphasize to indi- companies still view the broad
viduals that they know them- skills groomed by liberal arts
A business administration degree pro-
vides graduates ivith a solid foundation
in business operations and an excellent
springboard for a corporate career.
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- Max Messmer, chairman of Accountemps
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degree better prepares students start-ups and expansions of exist- identify their work interests and the workplace, Messmer said,
for success in the workplace. ing operations are making a busi- skills," Stewart said. “Once you “Demand for a liberal arts edu-
“A business administration ness education particularly valu- recognize that, you can decide cation may have declined, but
able." , , what to study.”’ this does not belie its impor-
While liberal arts and comput- Ironically, Messmer said that tance,” he said. “Liberal arts
.er science degrees shared the even though demand for comput- graduates frequently possess
. springboard for a corporate top spot with business adminis- er expertise in the workplace has valuable written and verbal com-
educational material and msprira- career, said Max Messmer, tration in the last study in 1990, 1 n: - H €1 3 1
.F K ‘. 0 ‘ never been stronger, majoring in munications skills that are highly
tional books for children and chairman of Accountemps. The both lost importance among 4 1:1: 15 1 : 6.1 : 1 „
1. - the discipline has lessened in useful in business.
adults. Alverno, located in
It's an example of how education dents with business administra- degree provides graduates with a
is an ongoing process.” tion degrees vs. other fields of solid foundation in business
Stewart works with students to study. The majority of respon- operations and an excellent
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y Argus is a major supplier of separate company from RCL and
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Watterson, Tim. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 18, 1996, newspaper, September 18, 1996; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1688501/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Allen Public Library.