Major in happiness : debunking the college major fallacies /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :
Business Expert Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Human resource management and organizational behavior collection.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. The situation
- 1. The information technology revolution
- 2. The state of the college major
- 3. Selecting a major
- 4. The fallacies
- Part II. The mental traps
- 5. Trap one: your major determines your long-term earning potential
- 6. Trap two: you need to land your dream job and figure out what you want to do with the rest of your life
- 7. Trap three: you can apply to jobs related to only your major
- 8. Trap four: employers care about only your major and grade point average
- 9. Trap five: students must specialize in one major in order to succeed
- Part III. Assessments
- 10. Build your bridge
- 11. Career target
- 12. Aim for your purpose
- 13. The greater fool theory
- 14. The milkshake
- 15. The openness and awareness index
- 16. Career vision
- 17. Soft skills
- 18. "How good do you want to be?"
- 19. Professional skills assessment
- 20. Personal assessment of traits and habits to success
- 21. Emotional intelligence assessment
- 22. Social media quiz
- 23. Communicate your value assessments
- Appendix A. List of majors from the University of Michigan
- Appendix B. Famous people and their majors
- Appendix C. Extinct, new, and future careers
- Index.