Reply #40: I graduated in May of '03 as a political science major... [View All]

[Tafiti]

...and was confused when I graduated. My original plan was to go to law school, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized it just wasn't me. But I went through exactly what you are going through right now, but since I loved politics, and liked the major, I decided to just go with it, with no real career path to follow.

I've since found that many people get into good jobs because of people they know, not what degree they have, etc. Makes sense. I had a rude awakening trying to find a job, because (especially in this economy) employers don't care what degree you have - they're looking for experience. After being in college 4 years, most people are seriously lacking in that department. I guess my 2 pieces of advice would be to try to do an internship, if you can find something interesting, whether just to make connections or to give you some work experience. And, as someone else already said, study a foreign language. If you're fluent, or close to it, it can give you a huge advantage over other appliacants. In America, the most relevant would probably be Spanish.