Question

While most students find marketing an interesting and meaningful subject, one drawback of majoring in marketing is that it prepares students for only a narrow range of career options?

Answer 1

As a marketing student, I can deny that there is a narrow range of career options given the fact that marketing consists of digital marketing, traditional marketing, and most importantly, sales. Sales is literally in EVERYTHING, regardless of whether or not you're actually selling something. In Daniel H. Pink's book, "To Sell is Human," he outlines that even nurses, doctors, and teachers utilize non-sales selling techniques to convince patients and students to deem the information they are telling them as important. Additionally, you must consider the fact that you have to market yourself to even get a job. You need to understand what makes X, Y, and Z appealing. Marketing is extremely meaningful in everyone's lives.