<p>...or did my college counselor lie to me??</p>
<p>Because she said that companies hire based off of personal skill qualities and experience. So majoring in chicano studies would be as good as majoring in Business admin. or Math?</p>
<p>not quite, in some cases yes, but it some cases no.</p>
<p>The yes cases are mostly between humanities majors.
The no cases are mostly for math and the sciences (both natural and social)</p>
<p>Lie. Look at the career center and the discrepancy in average salaries.</p>
<p>Well, she’s right in that if you have the necessary skills and experience, you will be fine. But, if the only thing separating two candidates is their major, they will probably look favorably on the more relevant major. I also agree with Leftist’s comparison of humanities and science.</p>
<p>Some extreme optimism in this thread. This is the most unbelievably silly question that I have to suspect OP is flame. Find any post by sakky IMO. It’s my feeling that the hardest part in getting a job is getting invited for an interview.</p>
<p>Yah, there’s some truth to that, but the thing is, the knowledge you need is learned in the classes in your major department. Thus, someone majoring in Business or Economics would have a better chance of fulfilling the knowledge/skills/abilities for a finance position, than would, say, an English major.</p>
<p>I think Japanosis is right–if you have the skills they want, it wouldn’t really matter what major you are. However, between two people, if neither of the two have the requisite experience, employers may decide to filter based on major. </p>
<p>On the other hand, while personal experience is very important, you need to consider that most people don’t end up learning on their own the skills they’d learn in another major. So your counselor is in essence saying something that is true, but only under conditions most college graduates don’t meet. Suppose employers want a skill and a certain major provides that skill–most people don’t just don’t go about learning that skill on their own. The people who have the dedication or interest in doing so, of course, are fine, but those who don’t are clearly not likely to be hired.</p>