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The 25 university majors with the greatest demand and future

Every year, after the selectivity exam, thousands of young students have to decide which career they are going to study. Although some have it very clear from the beginning, others still have doubts.

Choosing a Bachelor's or Bachelor's Degree is an Important Decision, since four years can be very long if you do not like what you do or if you do not see the future very clear. The profession we choose will accompany us for the rest of our lives and will even end up being part of our personality. The label of I am a psychologist, I am a lawyer, I am an engineer, etc., will follow us wherever we go.

Choosing a career: stability or vocation?

Of course, when it comes to deciding and doubts arise, the question is always the same: Do I choose a career with good job prospects and a good salary? Or, instead, do I choose my great passion knowing the difficulty of achieving a promising future?

If your vocation is very well paid and it coincides in a temporary moment in which there is demand, you are in luck. Now, if you notice from the bottom of your soul that you want to work in a professional field where it is difficult to earn a living, then you are going to have to sweat a lot to achieve it. And not only that, but you're going to have to adopt a positive attitude, and you may even have to put on a bomb-proof vest to keep yourself motivated. The answer to these questions only you know... and you may end up deciding with your heart.

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Some tips for choosing a career

But if you are choosing a career and you are one of those people who is not very clear about how to start planning the future, pay attention to these tips that we give you below and maybe it will be easier for you to make the decision.

1. Know yourself

If you do not know who you are obviously you will not be able to know the degree you want to pursue. Think about what you like to do, what motivates you and what gives your life meaning.

  • If you want to know how to carry out this process of self-knowledge, you can read our post: "Personal Development: 5 reasons for self-reflection"

2. Know your options

Once you have an idea of ​​who you are, now you can search for the careers that fit your profile and for which you are sure that you will endure those four years with hellish moments, especially in exam times. In this phase of the process, it is a matter of looking for as many options as possible. You will have to do a good search, but surely you will discover many options that you did not even know existed.

3. Think about the future

Think that people are constantly changing, and your goals, interests and tastes can vary a lot, just like you way of thinking, over the years it will take you to get a career and build a professional career in that ambit.

It's good that you look back and wonder since when did you become interested in a certain university degree and for what reasons did that happen. Do you think it will have a journey, or is it a passing obsession? Do you tend to easily abandon certain types of projects and not others?

4. Ask others for opinion

Seeing how your opinions and those of others fit together is a good way to "triangulate" views and arrive at a more objective understanding of what the pros and cons of each option are.

If you have access to people who are studying one of the careers that interest you, it is good that you listen to what they have to say, although you should bear in mind that their opinions will depend a lot on the university they have attended to pursue a certain degree.

5. Assess the demand and decide

When you have already decided the races you would like to do, look for the options you have to take them one by one. You will have to assess the different characteristics such as location or career opportunities, but never decide on a career that you do not like. It can be a decision that you will regret for the rest of your life.

The races with the most demand, according to Adecco

If you want to know which are the careers with the highest labor demand, Adecco took care of making your job easier. The human resources provider company based in Switzerland but operating throughout the territory Spanish, drew up a list of degrees with more output and better expectations for the search for job. It must be borne in mind that this ranking is from 2015 and that the labor landscape is changing, since a profession with high demand today may not have it in 10 years.

Based on the criteria of the VII Infoempleo / Adecco 2016 Report on degrees with more professional opportunities, This list can help you decide if any of your options are in this top 25 of university careers with better future prospects.

Do not miss the 25 most demanded university degrees in terms of job offer:

  1. Business Administration and Finance
  2. Informatics Engineering
  3. Trade and Marketing
  4. industrial engineering
  5. Business Administration and Law
  6. Nursing
  7. Telecommunications Engineering
  8. Economy
  9. Labor Relations and Human Resources
  10. Psychology and Psychopedagogy
  11. Mechanical Engineering
  12. Hostel and Tourism
  13. Industrial Electronic Engineering and Automation
  14. Philology, Linguistics and Literature
  15. Law and Criminology
  16. Medicine and Biomechanics
  17. Electric engineering
  18. Education and Pedagogy
  19. Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
  20. Architecture
  21. Chemical engineering
  22. Agrifood and Rural Engineering
  23. Arts and Design
  24. Chemistry
  25. Communication, Image and Sound

ADE, Computer Engineering and Commerce and Marketing, the most demanded degrees

As you see, Business Administration and Management (ADE) continues to be one more year the career with the greatest demand for employment, followed by Computer Engineering, and Commerce and Marketing. Regarding this last profession, it is interesting to note that, taking into account that the world of work is changing in a dizzying due to the rise of new technologies, a professional sector that is gaining ground is digital marketing.

Many companies are increasingly aware of the need to adapt to the new environment, not only business, but also relationships interpersonal skills and the interaction that is generated in the 2.0 world. The digital age is here, and it is the present and the future of the work environment and organizations.

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Would you like to study Psychology?

Without a doubt, the career of psychology is one of the most attractive for new university students and is one of the preferred each year. It is not easy to carve out a professional future in this field, but with enthusiasm, effort, persistence and a positive mindset it is possible to work as a psychologist. If you want to know what some psychology professionals think about the Degree, you can click here and inform you about the difficulty of the race.

Now, to know the reasons why you should decide on this beautiful profession, from Psychology and Mind we can try to help you in this reflection, and we recommend that you read this article: "Why study Psychology? 10 points that you should value".

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