10 Degrees Worldwide Recruiters Don't Want to See

1. American Studies:

Do you think knowledge in America’s history, insight of its politics and an understanding of its literature, culture, society, culture, U.S. foreign policy, and the different ethnic groups will help you to make sure your prospective career dreams come true? It is true that only a small percentage of American Studies majors work in the field of American Studies. Others find their career in other industries like education, media, law, business, politics, research etc.

2. Music Therapy:

Music Therapy as a major is one of the bad degree which will hardly help the grads to find a job. This allied health profession is used as a healing method to address physical, cognitive, psychological and social needs of individuals. General and psychiatric hospitals, community mental health agencies, rehabilitation centers, schools, private practices and nursing homes are the main employment centers for music therapists.

3. Art History:

Not everyone can marry a prince studying degree in Art History as it happened to Kate Middleton. Before choosing your major as art history, you have to keep in mind that employability for a graduate in Art History will not be interesting as learning about great art works and its history. Times remain hard-hitting for arts graduates to find out a job in arts and design industries.

4. Poetry:

“What will you do with this degree?” This is what people used to say about poetry major. No wonder, even today it is one of the bad majors which will not help many of its grads to find their livelihood with their certificate. To be a poet, one should have a poet’s soul, creative thinking and determination than acquiring a certificate.  And more than that poetry is not so much popular as it was in decades ago. Many of the poets today couldn’t make even a single pound from their career in poetry.

5. Economics:

New economics majors are also finding it difficult to get a good paying job. While economy is the main business concern for every organization, they have wide variety of career options available in business, law, medicine government, international relations, academic roles, non-profits. Contradictory to this, the report reveals many of the recent grads were not welcomed to the corporate world where experienced hands are paid well.

6. Sociology:

You want to study about human behavior? Then, you have to go through the fact that it is another bad major to study for a job today. Sociologists are considered in serving government, and in business, advocacy, education, communication, criminal justice sectors and in other agencies like profit and non-profit organizations, but many of the new grads couldn’t get in a job as they need to compete with others from the respective subject fields.

7. Political Science:

You might be interested on everything about government and the state. But, before selecting your career in political science, you should know the chances of getting employed. At present, graduates of political science are not struggling to get employed and many of the recent grads couldn’t find a job within six months of their graduation

8. English Literature:

English literature still lies with the myth of being said as an impractical subject, with less employment opportunities. Recent graduates of English literature find it difficult to get employed in corporate world. Media, PR, advertising, publishing industries are offering some opportunities for English literature grads, but the report tells many of the new grads remain unemployed.

9. Humanities:

Have you thought of studying human condition? At present, being a graduate in humanities is not going to help you getting a good job in the corporate world. Including ancient and modern languages, literature, history, philosophy, religion, and visual and performing arts, humanities got more demands in the past academic years. Now, you need to think twice before choosing your career in humanities.

10. Architecture: 

According to the report, the most surprising unemployment rate is noted among recent architecture graduates, 13.9 percent. It denotes a massive slow down happened in construction industry. Employment of architects was predicted to grow faster than any other graduates. Architectural, engineering, and related services industry are the main sectors which accommodate architecture graduates.