Best Degrees and Careers present and future ?

0neAnd0nly

0neAnd0nly

0neAnd0nly

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I'm looking a new job route, what are the best degrees to look into or careers that are in great need. I'm fed up of having to search for jobs month after month, I want a job thats in great demand and pay really well ?

*Please don't give the do what you enjoy lecture, I've been working long enough to realise I have no interests or hobbies that I can use and earn in work. I just want some decent Ideas on what degree or job area to aim for ?
 
Nothing is in massively high demand at the moment...

Things that will always pay well and for which there will always be some demand are typically the high end professional stuff, and for that you're better looking at professional qualifications than degrees.

Get ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CTA and go and work for an accountant. Career for life.
 
vonhelmet said:
Nothing is in massively high demand at the moment...

Things that will always pay well and for which there will always be some demand are typically the high end professional stuff, and for that you're better looking at professional qualifications than degrees.

Get ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CTA and go and work for an accountant. Career for life.
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Sounds good. Any links to the courses to apply for ?
 
0neAnd0nly said:
Sounds good. Any links to the courses to apply for ?
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Try one of the big training agencies - Kaplan or BPP. I think you can get AAT (an accounting qualification that is a good stepping stone to one of the more serious ones) for free at the moment if you're below a certain age, but I forget the details.
 
vonhelmet said:
Try one of the big training agencies - Kaplan or BPP. I think you can get AAT (an accounting qualification that is a good stepping stone to one of the more serious ones) for free at the moment if you're below a certain age, but I forget the details.
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So aim for AAT first, then what ? ACA ?

Ahleckz said:
Engineering, sciences. Get a good degree, from a good university (in the field) and you're laughing.
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I was looking into engineering, it seems a lot of work before the money starts coming in, what steps do you recommend ?
 
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As above, do a maths, science, engineering or economics degree - this gives you a good base to go into a variety of well paying jobs.

You've then got the opportunity to go into finance/accounting, or do the engineering route and go into oil & gas indsutry or similar (you don't have to do this, just an idea).

Becoming a specialist/specialised helps too.
 
As Ahleckz says really you if want a job which is always in demand but possibly not the best paid then do:

Engineering or science.

If you want a boring job earning lots of money:

Do Engineering/Science/Maths degree, and get a job in Accountancy/Finance/Investment Banking/Law.

Good university is important so aim for top 10 for whatever course you choose to do.
 
iraiguana said:
As Ahleckz says really you if want a job which is always in demand but possibly not the best paid then do:

Engineering or science.

If you want a boring job earning lots of money:

Do Engineering/Science/Maths degree, and get a job in Accountancy/Finance/Investment Banking/Law.

Good university is important so aim for top 10 for whatever course you choose to do.
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Accounting/Banking/Law seems pretty good, whats the most respected degree or course and how long does it take until I'm fully charted and making good money?
 
Hah, there are no degrees which you can do that will ensure you make 'decent money' just by having the degree. All of them take work, and generally the harder you work the more money you will make (if chosen a good degree). Though luck comes into it.
I have a friend who completed a MEng in Triple E, and she started a job in Aberdeen on £33000 as a graduate in September but she did a few placements during her time in Uni. Another friend, same course, same result, just got a job this month and is on £22000 but didn't do placements.
Likewise, I have friends with Honours in Marketing on the upperend of 20k and on the lower. I have friends who have law degrees + diplomas who can't get jobs. I have friends with Masters in Civ Eng (Arch Eng) who are earning between 18 and 25k, and others who can't even get into the industry.
There are no sure fire ways in the working World.

Engineering and science grads are needed badly but you can't expect to walk out of uni and be earning 25k+ straight away as it's rare.
What are your wage expectations, and what do you like doing?
If you want lots of money, and don't have much of a passion then DO NOT go into law.

What are your school results?
 
There is no quick and easy path to earning big money in an 'in demand' industry.

If you are prepared to work hard, are competent enough to succeed and are willing to persue such during the inevitable bad times, then you will be able to achieve your desires.
 
Jingo... said:
There is no quick and easy path to earning big money in an 'in demand' industry.

If you are prepared to work hard, are competent enough to succeed and are willing to persue such during the inevitable bad times, then you will be able to achieve your desires.
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wat? you mean i carn't go to uni and earn leik 50,000 straight away after ****ing all of my student loan away? No fare man no fare. Wat is the point of goin if i have to work hard AFTER uni too?

/troll
 
I am actually switching from Engineering to Accountancy and looking forward to getting job/placement with a small company. I already have engineering degree but it hasn't been much of use since graduating although it has given me the badge of being highly numerate lol. So with that I wish to learn about business transactions etc and this is very beneficial in the long run hopefully.

But as has been said before nothing seems to be in demand at the moment especially regarding entry level graduates .
 
As Ahleckz said, even in industries where graduates are in demand they won't just hire any old ****.

If I had to bullet point things that are key I'd say:

- Try to get into a top 10 uni
- Do a numbers based course: Maths, sciences, engineering, economics etc (law is good too)
- Try to do a placement (I know that at Bath most courses had the opportunity to do this)
- Do extra ciricular activities at university - play for sports teams, be a captain, run a society, be on the committee of a sports team etc (really helps to pad your CV out and gives you something to talk about come interview time)
- Work hard, life doesn't owe you anything :)

However, at the end of the day you also need to be an outgoing, likeable chap - no one really wants to hire a social recluse or an arrogant ****.
 
Ahleckz said:
Hah, there are no degrees which you can do that will ensure you make 'decent money' just by having the degree. All of them take work, and generally the harder you work the more money you will make (if chosen a good degree). Luck comes into it.
I have a friend who completed a Meng in Triple E, and she started a job in Aberdeen on £33000 as a graduate in September. Another friend, same course, same result, just got a job this month and is on £22000.
Likewise, I have friends with Honours in Marketing on the upperend of 20k and on the lower. I have friends who have law degrees + diplomas who can't get jobs.

Engineering and science grads are needed badly but you can't expect to walk out of uni and be earning 25k+ straight away as it's rare.
What are your wage expectations, and what do you like doing?
If you want lots of money, and don't have much of a passion then DO NOT go into law.

What are your school results?
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I've got 4 GCSEs in Math, English, Science & Design & Tech at C grade - I was supposed to do 11 exams at A grade but at the time I thought I was a smart ass and get into a decent college with 4 Cs (Looking back, I shot myself in the foot, a lot of good Unis want 5 GCSEs these days)

I then Applied for a course in IT, Btec National for IT Practitioners - It was a joke, the course antique and basic, all the best Universities didn't think it was a credited course so I dropped out after finishing one year to get the 1 A level.

Now I'm 19yo and starting to think, ****, times ticking, I need to get myself a degree and job before I end up in a dead end career, living in some cheap council house !

Engineering sounds interesting (I was considering it before IT) but there are so many categories and fields I panicked that I'd choose the wrong area that doesn't interest me and doesn't have great demand.

What are the most interesting areas of engineering, that are/will be in demand in the UK and what are the best steps to get into it (College courses > Degree etc)
 
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