Some academic fields are fortunate because the name of the major appears in job announcements.
Students majoring in accounting and computer science, for instance, can readily identify an employment opportunity and job description for which they may be qualified by interest and training. Must be able to draw neat demand and supply curves , and talk at length about why economists disagree about everything . We have never seen an ad like this, and we doubt anyone else has either. Job announcements for economists with bachelor's degrees are more indirect. Few academic majors will equip you as well as economics in this respect.