Here at Palo Alto, there are close to 1,100 students
“We live in a world filled with business, and what better major to pick than business itself?” asked Mike Fernandez, a freshman here at Palo Alto. “My family owns Fernandez Produce, and I will be the next one to run the business. I did not want to go into business without knowing a thing about it.”
Fernandez has desires to open a coffee house one day. “I hope having a major in business will open doors for me in the future,” Fernandez said.
“Business is one of the biggest fields to work in where you can make good money and have good job opportunities open to you,” Carmen Martinez said, a freshman Business major here at Palo Alto.
Martinez also has ambitions of opening up her own business one day, but she wants to get experience first.
“There are a lot of challenges in the business industry, and I like to be challenged in a man-powered economy,” Martinez said.
Martinez wants to learn from her experience and wants to learn from her mistakes. “It won’t be easy, but then again nothing is,” Martinez said.
Jim Riley, a Palo Alto business professor, gave a couple of pointers for Business majors. The main thing Riley wants to impart on people are the Two Plus Two programs here at Palo Alto that allow you to get your associate’s degree here and then you can transfer to another school and get your B.B.A.
Riley said the whole economy is based on business, and there is a lot of demand for accountants, financial planners, and small business owners.
“They are crying for people,” Riley said.
Riley said this major is very time consuming and takes hard work.
“You have to be diligent and keep up with your work. It will take up a lot of your time,” Riley said.
The best advice Riley could give a new business major coming to Palo Alto is to get into internships and hands-on experience.
“The best teacher for business is business itself,” Riley said. Contact Riley via e-mail at jriley@accd.edu