<p>some companies focus hiring from schools within their area. reason being: if you hire someone who is not from the area..greater chance they'll use your company as a stepping stone and end up moving back to their home state or city. it happens a lot.</p>
<p>in my last couple years of school and after graduating, i've had roughly 20 interviews. from my interviews, roughly 30% of the companies wanted to see my transcript. I've also left my gpa off of my resume to conserve space, and it did not seem to affect my ability to acquire interviews. i'd say 30% of the companies actually asked or wanted to know my gpa during my interview or in a phone screening. </p>
<p>so from my experience, the classes you take and your gpa have a solid chance of being ignored. some companies just care to know that you've gotton your card punched. It also helps if you're not boring as heck in your interview. If you have interesting projects or interships to mention, and you're not a dull-shy-awkward silence person, they may not even care about your gpa or transcript (even if they did at first).</p>
<p>also, if you have a great major, but it's because your parents push you into it (thus you may just turn out to be a lazy ass)...you might as well of just had a major in something useless. it's the same thing. you need to seperate yourself from the other scrubs and get internships. do stuff. show that you're not there to please your parents and get hobbies or internships related to your major.</p>
<p>if you're all over the map as far as your coursework and end up acquiring 1 single degree..then yes many employers will not care about your underlying skills, even if you tell them, because the degree on paper disappoints them. for example, if you're an electrical engineering genius, but the degree you ended up receiving was in spanish..you're almost guaranteed to have a hard time finding work related to electrical engineering because you're resume is going to be tossed into the trash at first glance. employers don't spend more than a few seconds or a minute looking over your resume. you would need another means of convincing or bothering employers such as the phone or cover letter (for any chance of hope). So you just need to be realistic and logical with what classes you take in school. If you want to see the job market for yourself, sit down for 5 hours and go through tons of company websites to see their available positions and desired skills. That is the best way to know what you're in for before you graduate and still have a chance to change things if you need to.</p>