Even the more quantitative side of business administration can get complicated.
Maybe they should consider Gender Studies or Indigenous Arts & Sciences.
The History of African Religions with a specialty in Yoruba might be interesting.
Not true.
I majored in English with a double minor in Education and Political Science.
I have quantifiably grown every business I have ever worked for.
I started as an assistant at an engineering firm. My boss and I had 6 months to turn that branch around or they were going to close it. A year and a half later, we were first nationwide in net profit. I consistently ranked first or second across the country in client satisfaction surveys. My reports, very infrequently challenged, always prevailed in court.
As Executive Director, I took one organization from only 200 members and nothing in reserves to 500 members, several hundred thousand in reserves and 14 national awards. When I left, they needed to hire an entire management company to replace me.
I left there and became operations manager for a multi-line property management company, then promoted to VP over one division. In 4 years, I doubled the client base of that division, taking it from the least profitable to the most profitable.
I moved to a high rise as a direct hire. Completely turned it around, got everything permitted and compliant, the books in order, created an emergency response manual, human resources manual, oversaw a million in infrastructure projects, and more. My building sustained less than $5K in damages during the 2021 storm because of my heavy focus on preparedness, maintenance, and testing. Doubled their reserve account through cost controls. For the second time in my career, when I left that had to hire an entire management company to replace me.
Went from there to a mid-sized company as Development Director. Quickly identified training deficiencies, provided them with a 26 week training program I built, gave them ideas to improve operations, and brought in half a million in new business. I’ve already secured 4 contracts for next year. I’ve been with them 6 months.
I regularly hear from the President of our parent company thanking me for my work.
I average $150K a year in earnings, on par with engineers and computer science peers.
I have found that what distinguishes people is not their degree, it is their commitment to excellence, work ethic, ability to learn, ability to communicate, and wanting to be the best.
Further, honor and ethics matter.
More than anything else, these qualities are sorely lacking in today’s world and that is why graduates with non-stem degrees are such lousy pickings.