Why Focusing Too Narrowly In College Could Backfire Analysis

After reading Peter Cappelli article “Why focusing too Narrowly in College Could Backfire” I started to think about my own educational goals and why I chose to be a hairstylist. When I graduated from high school I attend beauty college, at that time the beauty industry was booming. There was a salon on every corner. There was always walk- ins and new clients available for stylist. Now with the social media craze like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, the African American salon business has fallen because social media outlets. These outlets, teach ordinary people how to do their own hair, and caused stylist to lose clients. We also have the natural hair movement, that took clients that would normally come into the salon for hair weaves and relaxers, and are now wearing their hair in its natural state and don’t need the salon anymore. Another major down fall to African American salon industry was manufacturing companies like L’Oréal and Shea moisture that promotes salon quality products on YouTube for the naturalista. These were a few major changes that happen in
He argues that when focusing on specialize major you might miss out on courses that will help you to grow in other areas in your career. Cappelli also states that “the public and private sectors are urging kids to abandon the liberal arts major, and study fields where the job market is hot right now” (Cappelli 435). He also urges parents and student to research private and public schools and the majors the students are considering. Because he feels that “the economy is simply too fickle to guess way ahead of time, and any number of other changes could roil things as well. Choosing the wrong path could make things worse, not better” (Cappelli