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Great Jobs for Communications Majors

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Honestly if you made it to your upper division classes in communication and find the first half of this book to be of much help then you are in real trouble when you get out into the real world. This book was written with the first year college student in mind. As such me being a 3rd year student reading this book I found myself gaining no new knowledge out of the first half or so of the book. The second half which talks about graduate school choice and career paths in communication is some what useful but for this information you are better off buying one of the two following books. Graduate study for the 21 century, or Getting what you came for The smart student's guide to earning a Master's or PhD. These two books will serve you infinitely more than Great Jobs for Communication majors.

Also keep in mind when you read this book that it was written with the early 2002-2004 economic situation in mind, that means before the 9/11 crisis happened, before the financial downfall and before the arts, humanities, and media studies began having unemployment rates similar to those without a college degree. It may not help you out if you are looking for something practical to help you decide what you are going to do if you are close to graduation with a Communication degree. If you just started college and you decided on being a communication major this book may provide some insight and helpful tips on multiple subjects related to this wonderful field of study.

I found the book to be fascinating; I had no idea that there were so many practical jobs for communications majors, and it has really spurred my vocational outlook. I was required to use this book as a textbook for a summer internship, and it has expanded my knowledge of not only what I am doing, but what I can use these skills towards as well. It has helped me cement my direction as a communications major, and I recommend it to any communications major overwhelmed by the vast number of choices in his field.

This book was very helpful in narrowing down my job selection process. Another resource I used was Media Job Crossing, [...] , to look for a job because, unlike many of its competitor's sites, Media Job Crossing hosts jobs from only employer websites and supports many more jobs than any other site I have ever used. But do not take my word for it, check out their website for yourself, they helped me find a job which eventually turned into my career.