Skills v. a Degree

You're a senior in college, about to graduate, in a subject that you're not quite sure what to do with. You don't know if you should continue your schooling or go search for a job instead. There are a lot of options and choices ahead of you, but you don't know quite where to turn.\

That's me, a senior attending BYU - Idaho majoring in Communications emphasis in advertising and graduating in April. I'm not quite sure where to go from here. Today, I was talking with one of my professors, and she brought to my attention that I really don't necessarily need to graduate in graphic design to apply for the type of position I want. Employers are looking for someone with an amazing portfolio and a particlar set of skills. I don't need to go to graduate school in graphic design.

This new knowledge made me realize that I can get the dream job I want because I have skills and a good portfolio. A lot of what I will do on the job will be learned while doing it. I hope those reading this also realize that it's more important to have skills, be well-rounded, and have a degree in something than to specialize too deeply into one subject. For those of you graduating in something that you don't quite know what to do with, just relax, search for the job you want and then aquire the necessary skills.