If hindsight is 20/20, new students may want to heed the advice of their predecessors, according to the staffing firm Accountemps.
Thirty-nine percent of executives said if they were in college today, they would choose a degree in business administration to best prepare for future success, according to an Accountemps survey released last month.
The other top responses were liberal arts (21 percent), accounting (14 percent) and computer science (11 percent).
The survey was conducted by an independent research firm and developed by Accountemps, which places temporary accounting, finance and bookkeeping professionals.
Corra is a big believer in higher education and is mystified that more young people do not at least obtain a bachelor’s degree in today’s highly competitive and very global marketplace. But, hey, nobody ever accused younger people of being overly endowed with good sense.
Then there are those who would like to fake their degree. They either went to college for a couple of years or, as Corra sometimes finds, they never went at all. So before you decide on that sincere looking face sitting across from you, be sure to run an education verification check along with a criminal check and social security trace.
As Corra says, check them out before you hire.
