This is based on a survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ (NACE) 2012 Job outlook. The study asked 1,000 employers on their future hiring plans. Business majors made it to the top with 83% of the employers plan to recruit them, Accounting and Information Science placed second for they accounted for nearly 60% of the employers plan to recruit them.
Undeniably, choosing what course to take in college makes important consideration on the market forces. You won’t take a course that becomes useless when you graduate. Business majors are not fads, unlike other courses. The demand might not have drastic upsurges but it is gradual yet continual. Industries and the businesses with them continue to flourish in a boom or a recession, hence, business people are needed to man them.
Some years ago the outlook above was prophesied so to speak by Edilberto C. Ortiz, CPA in a seminar where he urged students especially Accountancy majors to push forward on their chosen field because the demand is great. Mr. Ortiz is the managing partner of the E.C. Ortiz & Co., LLP based in Chicago Illinois. The outlook has been history on his part because he has been hiring Filipino accountants. On my next posts, I’ll talk about stories of those CPAs who have joined E.C. Ortiz & Co. I’ll give you as well a brief background about the company.
If you are presently taking up a business or accountancy course, there’s no reason for you to hold back. If you’re planning to go to college few months from now, choose what employers choose to recruit — be a business or accountancy major.
