Relevant majors for the job market today?

Rising junior currently enrolled in a respected business school with 3.7 GPA on mainly required core business courses. Need to decide on majors / minors in the upcoming months (I know I should already have this done but I wanted to keep it open since no major classes were really required yet and I know things change all the time in the job market) for which classes I end up taking and I guess generally which career path I'm on when I graduate. Was doing some research and talking with people and couldn't really get a consensus on what would be best in terms of what jobs in certain industries are needed right now outside of 'data analytics' and things with tech obviously being recommended. Finance major, accounting / economics minor or something along those lines would be the go-to path if I have to choose, but I was wondering if anyone has any advice regarding what would be the best decision right now so that I'm not stuck with any expertise that doesn't really help me get a good job when I could have been using my education for much more relevant / important knowledge. Not too sure what I really like to do as of right now, business in general really interests me and I feel like I would be interested in whatever I have to in order to get some kind of good job in the finance industry. Thanks.

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"SamHouston2_2" Not too sure what I really like to do as of right now, business in general really interests me and I feel like I would be interested in whatever I have to in order to get some kind of good job in the finance industry. Thanks.

Just sign up for finance then. A finance major should open many doors. The 3.7 is good. Maybe you can hit a 3.85 by graduation.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

I work at a BB and work across a large number of sectors within the enterprise. I have yet to meet anyone who hasn't benefitted from having more (1) skills with statistics and/or (2) skills with programming in a language like python. I don't care who you are, you will use those skills in the workplace.

 

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