Hi, would you be able to include a short segment on what the best major is for getting into content creating/social media? I’m about to be a freshman in college and I LOVE this newsletter but I feel overwhelmed because I do not know what to major in and what I can do with that major moving forward.
I'd say the most common majors for social managers that I know are: journalism, photography, marketing, and communications. That being said, I went to a small liberal arts school and didn't really have those options, so I studied "organizational studies" and just engaged with social media/blogs/etc on my own time. I'd say it matters less what you study (choose something you're genuinely interested in!), and more how you build on your passion for social media outside of your classes.
A compensation survey is a great idea. Here's another, non-industry-specific one from AskAManager.org as a second example: https://www.askamanager.org/2021/04/how-much-money-do-you-make-4.html
Thank you!
Hi, would you be able to include a short segment on what the best major is for getting into content creating/social media? I’m about to be a freshman in college and I LOVE this newsletter but I feel overwhelmed because I do not know what to major in and what I can do with that major moving forward.
I'd say the most common majors for social managers that I know are: journalism, photography, marketing, and communications. That being said, I went to a small liberal arts school and didn't really have those options, so I studied "organizational studies" and just engaged with social media/blogs/etc on my own time. I'd say it matters less what you study (choose something you're genuinely interested in!), and more how you build on your passion for social media outside of your classes.
Thank you so much! I love this newsletter.