<p>I am currently planning on majoring in both Business Administration (Human Resources Management), and Psychology (with a focus on business, or something like that). I am from a small private school and will also be graduating with honors.</p>
<p>I do understand that both majors are fairly different and have a very small area of overlap in terms of job requirements and classes. I planned this in under the assumption that having both business and a psychological side to working with people would make future grad school applications or job employment searches easier.</p>
<p>I am also doing some side activities (as in, not just focused on academic), and will be involved in my school's band (EC), marketing&business clubs (EC+Insight into businesses), psychology club, and community service clubs.</p>
<p>I have a few questions...</p>
<p>How beneficial is my double major?
Is my line of reasoning of Psy+Bus being appealing for jobs reasonable?
What would be a beneficial minor for me to take?</p>
<p>Your double major is fine. Actually, it is probably the most common way to become a HR. Many people just major in HR and minor in psychology. Since you will have a double major, I would recommend you to minor in economics of labor, or economics, if your potential school doesn’t offer it.</p>
<p>What are you talking about? Labor economics is an understanding of functioning of the markets of labor, and the labor markets themselves function through the interaction of workers and employers. For instance, labor economics covers topics such as human resource development, the allocation and compensation of labor, the history of trade unionism in the United States, human capital, unemployment, etc. Now you still do not see any connection? At least, it is a very useful information for a HR.</p>
<p>Yoooza, you should also consider a minor in business law.</p>
<p>sp1212, I wonder what do you have in mind, engineering? lol</p>
<p>Tosh 0, go figure out what an HR professional does and also take an actual Labor Economics class, then come back on here and offer your “brilliant input” regarding this.</p>
<p>Now Tosh understands what Human Resource professionals do. </p>
<p>What family member is in HR Tosh? Seriously dude, you are so ridiculous. Quit making comments on stuff you have ZERO understanding of. </p>
<p>OP, DO NOT listen to Tosh. He is a forum lurker who comments on everything from accounting, to job applications, to HR (apparently). He has ZERO credibility.</p>
<p>First of all, I know what HRMs do, and I have met them personally. sp1212, I took a course in labor economics, since my minor is economics. </p>
<p>workingATbig4, I already know what is your point. You think that the only person who has a right to give an advice is someone who works in a certain field himself/herself. That is not necessarily true. If it was, we wouldn’t have a need for any kind of advisors.</p>
<p>By the way, I do not have any family members in HR, so you are wrong again. :)</p>