Could use some advise on a degree to pursue

[sanantone]

As someone who has been searching for emergency management jobs for a couple of years, I don't think I've seen one that asks for an emergency management degree. Honestly, I haven't seen many emergency management openings in my region. You also don't need an emergency management degree to become an AEM or CEM. On the other hand, not having a CJ bachelor's degree can shut you out of a lot of jobs. You might not be looking at these types of positions, but you cannot get a CJ job on the social service end with a homeland security degree. Many corporate security jobs ask for CJ and business administration degrees. While a related degree and experience can get you in, you still don't want to risk being weeded out by HR software combing your resume and/or application for a bachelor's in those specific fields. I've also seen investigator, crime analyst, and polygraph examiner openings that ask for a CJ or related social science degree. I don't know which state you live in, but a CJ degree waives the experience requirement for the private investigator and chemical dependency counselor intern licenses. I'm not a huge fan of CJ degrees, but I'm even less of a fan of homeland security degrees. A homeland security degree probably won't get you what a CJ degree can't.