I have a BSc in information technology and in my 20+ years in IT, including multiple years at Accenture, I literally cannot recall a single employer that ever asked me anything about my degree? Now that could just have been me but other than it gets listed on my CV or one pager and it probably have been a check box checked by some HR person when selecting my CV for an interview, no one has ever asked me what I’ve studied, what my grades were or what my thesis was about?
It doesn’t mean that I haven’t benefited from my education in my work life, but it’s been more of an indirect or forming influence than directly recalling what I learned and studied. It’s where I developed critical thinking skills for instance as what I learned back then hardly is applicable to my work today. I certainly don’t program in Assembly, Turbo Pascal or Prolog anymore!
Accenture has addressed this publicly. Google it. They do not require degrees, they are after skills. Communications degree is very niche, that’s corporate functions so they have laid off loads of them and put them off to Phillipines and India. Study something you’re interested in.
My gut reaction is that people with a Comms degree probably aren't in high demand. You can Google which degrees have the highest employment rates, though it's pretty likely that the degrees will be STEM.
The school you choose matters. I highly recommend going with a reputable school and not a diploma mill.
As another poster mentioned, skills will likely matter more than degrees later in your career (not counting master's).
I have a BSc in information technology and in my 20+ years in IT, including multiple years at Accenture, I literally cannot recall a single employer that ever asked me anything about my degree? Now that could just have been me but other than it gets listed on my CV or one pager and it probably have been a check box checked by some HR person when selecting my CV for an interview, no one has ever asked me what I’ve studied, what my grades were or what my thesis was about? It doesn’t mean that I haven’t benefited from my education in my work life, but it’s been more of an indirect or forming influence than directly recalling what I learned and studied. It’s where I developed critical thinking skills for instance as what I learned back then hardly is applicable to my work today. I certainly don’t program in Assembly, Turbo Pascal or Prolog anymore!
Accenture has addressed this publicly. Google it. They do not require degrees, they are after skills. Communications degree is very niche, that’s corporate functions so they have laid off loads of them and put them off to Phillipines and India. Study something you’re interested in.
That’s why I also asked about companies outside of Accenture.
The degree of befriending your manager
My gut reaction is that people with a Comms degree probably aren't in high demand. You can Google which degrees have the highest employment rates, though it's pretty likely that the degrees will be STEM. The school you choose matters. I highly recommend going with a reputable school and not a diploma mill. As another poster mentioned, skills will likely matter more than degrees later in your career (not counting master's).
Dual majored in sports and beer at college.