The University Degrees-Worth Having Today!

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With the rising academic tuition fees and evolving job scenario, if anything matters most, is choosing the appropriate stream to go with. The distinct educational stream, with which one achives his/her graduation degree, can either set up a lifetime career and high earning or sink into a heap of disappointments.

Consequently, today's education is not only for education's sake, it more tends to incline towards the need of employers.

When Education Is Job Oriented

National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has done a survey that reflects the desire of the eminent corporate employers. Noticing & measuring the hiring process of some big corporate houses like Chevron, ConAgra Foods, Ernst & Young, Genworth Financial and Seagate Technology, NACE has pointed some university degrees, that top at the employers' list. They are Engineering, Business, Accounting/Finance,Computer Science/IT & 5. Economics.

Engineering

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Employers from many IT sectors, banks, finance & consulting areas and many other prominent business sectors desire to recruit employees with expertise like logical thinking, problem solving & strong numeracy, which are an engineer's key skills.

Many large engineering employers call for Mining, mechanical, electrical, petroleum and metallurgical engineering courses, as job opportunities continue to grow larger in these sectors.

Business

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One of the fundamental qualities that recruiters seek in an employee, is having good commercial awareness. Students, studying business, possess that comprehension, that they effectively apply to the job. Be it an undergraduate business degree or an MBA, the analytical & problem solving ability and the ability to think logically will earn the business degree holders both money and placements.

Accounting/Finance-

Every large or small business sector, be it good or bad time, is in the need for accountants with a clear knowledge of finance. So plenty of opportunities are out there.

According to Bill Demario, chief operating officer of Ajilon Professional Staffing, “By 2016 there will be a dramatic need for more accountants”.

Computer Science/IT-

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Though US has recently witnessed a significant uplift of career scopes in Computer Science & IT, the prowess that the study of these stream offers is valued on a global scale. The GCA’s December 2011 ‘Grad Stats’ survey found that a computer science graduate’s starting salary was approximately AU$51,000.

Economics

A degree in economics provides one with a wide array of both subject-specific and transferable skills. All these skills are highly sought after by employers from different genres like banking, accountancy, tax advice, acturial work, insurance & trading.

Some Other Degrees, Worth Having

• Health Care & Medicine

A research, done by Graduate Careers Australia (GCA), displays that, more than 97 per cent of medicine & pharmacy graduates found full-time employment within four months of graduation.

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• Education

It is conspicuous that the demand of mathematicians will never fade away. Research shows that 86.5% of degree holders land with jobs within 6 months of graduation, being employed to eminent positions.

• Human Resources Management

With the rapid growth of resources, engineering and health industries , the need for top-down organisation are also uplifting. Taking right decisions and maintaining order within the company, as well as handling relations with others in the industry, do play a vital part in an organization's success.

To Conclude

Now-a-days, pursuing a graduate degree in the distinct fields that lead to specific professional positions more tends to be the goal of study and having academic qualification rather than acquire knowledge.

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