Do u guys know any majors that would get u a job at the beach? Im thinking pharmacy, but im not sure. Also not many colleges that are near the beach have pharmacy as a major. also id like the major to earn good money so i can take shred trips
you can get jobs doing just about anything at or near the beach. the most important thing, IMHO, is to get into a field or profession in which you're really interested, whatever that may be. if you make living at or near the beach a priority, then you will find a job in your chosen field.
BINGO.... "Hospitality Management" covers restaurants and hotels etc... It is arguable that one does not need a "major" in it. But the way it works is, without a college degree, there is usually 2 years minimum experience to land a decent managemetn gig. So you either need a degree, or you have to be willing to work your way up through the ranks.... But yes, in EVERY beach town, this is the major player. And you get ideal surfing hours... Which is why I have a computer science degree and I run restaurants... restaurants keep me wet. And happy for that matter..=)
marine industry will keep you near the water also. There is engineering, naval achitecture, longshoremen, marine diesel mechanic, diver, etc etc etc
nursing, physicians assistant, physical therapy, firefighter, emt ........... there's a nursing school at UNCW and you don't have to be a female to be in it. lots of opportunities for traveling nurses.
if you really want to take shred trips (and get them paid for with grants) get a graduate degree in anthropology and focus on studying the language/culture of the people in the place where you really want to surf. pick any spot on the globe. it's a bit of academic work, but it gets me down to bocas del toro every year
UNCW, Salisbury, or Monmouth Teaching. Applied a week ago. I just cant choose whether I want warmer weak wrightsville waves or cold Md/Del/NJ Barrels.
Accounting and internal auditing will be around about as long as nursing. In other words, forever. A good friend of mine earned his degree in accounting at U of MD and relocated down to central coastal Florida and has a great paying job for the area and low cost of living.
off topic, but i would take the cold nj barrels any day over warm & weak. of course, warm barrels beat out anything! on topic, i teach & it keeps me in waves & boards very solidly. i'm in my 3rd year & have taken a trip in each of the previous summers.
i went there for a semester. it wasn't the right fit for me, but it's a very good school. a couple kids i work w/ at the shop go there & like it. they've got a pretty active ski/snowboard club & a surf club as well.
Look at hotel schools for sure. If you have the grades, Cornell is the best in the business for hotels, but if you happen to be a PA resident, look at Penn State's hospitality school. To give you an idea of what to expect, hospitality management for people with degrees in the field can start around 55-65K a year, and if you are with a top company (Hillstone being, in my opinion, the gold standard for restaurant groups, Four Seasons the top in hotels... but many companies that do marketing, consulting, financing, advertising, branding, IT and accounting specifically for hotels/restaurants), you can expect to break six figures in two to four years. That said, if you want to work around a beach, you would need to look at smaller companies which have fewer mainland locations (you don't get to choose where you work for the big companies until you have years and years of experience). In addition, hospitality management has brutal hours and little time off. It's a good gig, but you gotta love the industry.
You should also look at Coastal Colleges in larger cities. The local hospitality programs out here all tap into the Local Restaurant and Hotel scene. They have really good local placement. My company actually accepts graduates from SDSU and a few other local universities. We hire them right out of school as entry level management. But yeah, if you find a school by the surf, you can usually get some local placement, even within the big companies, like Marriott and Hilton. But yeah, that is solid advice. But again, hospitality management isnt for everyone. You may hate it. I have met a few students who graduated, then we employ them and they basically say "This is not what I thought I was getting in to". You have to be ok with basically acting all the time. Pretending to care. Pretending to be nice. Pretending like the people you are dealing arent erally retarded, which usually they are... But again. Super fast paced, not boring office work. Every day is something new. Thats why I love it. And you never have to take work home with you. The end of the day is the end of the day. Ya know? There is a lot to be said for that.
i love surfing, but honestly. Go to a college with tons of great poon. I dont care where or why you are going to college. Number one priority is the poon
Any college has plenty of poon. the biggest thing is to do something where you can actually get a job when you graduate!! Way too many kids today are going to get 'feel good' degrees but end up waiting tables then they get out. As far as living at the beach there is no substitute for health care. pay is good and they are always in demand. Teaching is an option too but I'm a little leery about that. as budget pressures on states increase there is going to be a big push to lay off teachers.
Teaching is iffy if you wanna get in the water immediately...in my experience the good schools aka "ones by beaches" are rarely in need of teachers and there is tight competition to get in. It comes down to who you know, what you teach, years of experience, or just a willingness to leave the confines of your state (which presents its own issues cuz lots of times they don't want to hire you unless you live there already or unless it is a desperate school which again are inner-city and long ways from the beach or just out of state teaching licenses issues)...Not to say you can't get lucky (I finally got offered my dream job in Hatteras after two years but couldn't take it cuz by that point I was married and my wife is in the Navy). I looked for teaching jobs near the coast for 18 months before I gave up and spent 4 years inland building a resume' but now I live the dream and get barreled almost everyday teaching in Micronesia.
