5 College Majors Whose Graduates are Sought After in The Future, UMN Version

Graphic design graduates are talents needed in the future. (Source: pexels.com)

In this advanced and digital era, job trends have also changed following industrial developments. Within a range of years, there will always be a shift in roles experienced by some workers. Some people may even lose their jobs as their industry cannot adapt to current trends. However, even though changes occur, there are still several types of work that will continue to be needed in the future.

Here are 5 college majors whose graduates are definitely sought after in the future– UMN version.

1. VCD

The VCD major may be an example of a department with a noticeable shift in its work trends. It used to be that design, art, drawing, illustration, and photography were looked down upon. You’d hear this sentence a lot, “what are you going to work as if you’d just learn how to draw?” 

But in 2022 and in the coming years, I’m sure VCD graduates will be increasingly needed. After graduating, VCD graduates can work as freelancers (anywhere, anytime, and even without being bound by a contract with a company). This means you can also receive sources of income from more than one company or various clients.

From this major, one of the professions that you will definitely be looking for is graphic design. Through graphic design, messages from companies/governments/groups/individuals can be conveyed through visuals in the form of colors, fonts, and illustrations. Imagine if the illustrations on social media or the UMN website were just writings, and there were no attractive coloring or creative designs. Boring and uninteresting, right?

Also read: About The VCD Department and its Job Prospects.

2. Hospitality

The hotel and tourism industry is one of the work industries that will never die as long as humans still need entertainment, vacations, and healing from their daily routines. After the pandemic has been going on for two years, the world of hospitality and tourism has also started to change.

In addition, almost every city in Indonesia or the world must have historical, natural, cultural, and culinary tourist attractions. So it’s definite that every region provides various types of accommodation, one of which is a hotel. This makes the prospects for work in hospitality also quite large, and even career opportunities abroad are also very wide open. In addition, the potential for innovation in the hospitality department is also broad. It is evidenced by the many optimizations of MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition) activities, which increasingly open up career opportunities for event managers, operational leaders, receptionists, patisserie, and culinary chefs.

Speaking of culinary chefs and patisserie, the hospitality major can also venture into the world of cooking, which is also an important factor in hospitality. Good hotel management is sure that every guest who comes to stay will be provided with breakfast, lunch, and dinner for their guests, right? Therefore, for those who are also interested in cooking, you can join the hospitality department. 

Also read: Hospitality Major and Its Various Job Prospects.

3. Digital Journalism

Similar to hospitality, another work industry that will never die as long as humans still need information is the digital journalism industry. During yesterday’s pandemic, for example, information about what Covid is, its spread, prevention, and vaccine solutions were provided and presented by journalists worldwide.

Like a spinning wheel, digital journalism graduates may become a journalist looking for facts related to information from various fields worldwide. Especially now in this all-digital era, media companies increasingly need a journalist. Skills taught in the digital journalism major, such as writing, design, video editing, and quickly processing data, are needed in a world that quickly supplies information to the wider community.

Also read: 5 Skills You Will Learn in the Digital Journalism Department.

4. Architecture

In the future, graduates of the architectural major will always be sought after because the profession of an architect itself is a practical and technical solution to a problem related to development. Especially at this time, architecture is included in one of the few examples of the creative economy developed in Indonesia. Architecture graduates are needed to design and create new, environmentally friendly, creative, innovative, and useful designs for houses, buildings, and infrastructures for the wider community.

In addition, the general prospect of architecture graduates is to become independent architects as planners and implementors. Architects will get benefits or be paid based on the scale and difficulty of the project they are working on. The value of a construction project is usually quite large. 

In addition to being an independent architect or working in an architecture bureau, graduates from the architecture department also have other job prospects, such as playing a role in social activities and, for example, designing decorations for weddings, arranging rooms for social gatherings, infrastructure for a solar/water/wind power plant in an area, religious buildings, and much more.

Also read: The UMN Architecture Student Team Successfully Passed the 2022 Student Creativity Program.

5. Movies and Animation

The film and animation industry will always grow as long as the world still needs entertainment. Although the technology for film and animation will continue to develop every year, it is still graduates majoring in film and animation who practice, using these technologies to create works of art in the form of film and animation. The touch of art produced by humans will always be sought and needed in the future.

From the Film and Animation department, several professions that are presented and sought after are directors, actors, producers, animators, illustrators, editors, scriptwriters, and many others who are dynamic together as a team to produce film and animation works. Through them, companies/film studios, through visual and audio content, can convey messages or stories through colors, emotional play, atmosphere, plot, and varied points of view.

Also read: The Film and Animation Department and its Job Prospects.

In addition to the 5 majors above, many other majors with various knowledge and skills are also sought. Well, that’s it for this article. Keep up the spirit of studying and start building a strong foundation for your own future!

By Iglo Montana | UMN News Service

English translation by Levina Chrestella Theodora

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