Communication
majors have choice in jobs
By Kandace Hsu
Daily Forty- Niner
Job
opportunities for students with a degree
in communications are endless. The skills
learned both in and out of the classroom
can be applied to any field of the working
world.
“With a communication major, it gives me
the opportunity to branch out to any industry
because communication is compatible to anything,”
senior Bonnie Sintuvat said.
Students with a communication degree typically
go into sales, marketing, management, consulting,
event planning, as well as jobs in the entertainment
industry.
“Regardless of the job market, students
with a communication degree are more flexible
in the work that they can do and therefore
opens up more options for job opportunities,”
said Terre Allen, associate professor of
the communication studies department
The communication studies department at
Cal State Long Beach offers three different
options for students to narrow their field
of study. Students may choose from general
speech, interpersonal and organizational
communication, and rhetorical studies.
The emphasis on interpersonal and organizational
communication is an alternative to a business
degree. Classes emphasize learning different
techniques of understanding and communicating
with people in the business industry. Students
in this option may branch out into the world
of business but can cross over to job opportunities
in the marketing and public relations field.
Students interested in rhetorical studies
can go on to law school or become speech
writers for political figures. Future lawyers
or students interested in other aspects
of political science might be in this emphasis.
Teaching is another option for students
that aspire to coach a debate team on either
the high school or college level, but a
single-subject teaching credential is required
after earning the degree, according to the
department.
“Communication is a basic skill that everyone
needs to succeed in the working world,”
Sintvat said. “Once you understand that,
you can apply it to anything.”
The American Golf Corporation, Balboa Capital
Corp., and Presentation Services and ABC
are just a few companies that will be at
the Job Fair today looking for students
with a communications degree.
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