There are some careers where a college major does matter. For example, if you happen to be in the field of accounting you will need your CPA or other major to land a job. However, most employers advise that they don’t care much about a college major when they are looking for the candidate to fill the position.
There are other things employers may value more in the current economy and industries. Corporations may have an interest in the classes you took and why, but you may find yourself working in an industry totally unrelated to the major you spent years studying in order to get a degree.
Experience
Experience is what virtually every employer has an interest in when reviewing a resume or interviewing an applicant. This is one of the most valuable things a candidate can offer. Whether you gained your experience from another job or internships, experience is a plus.
You can list experience you achieved through internships, volunteer work, extracurricular activities or part time jobs. What matters most is you have experience or professional skills for the industry you want to be part of or are applying for.
Skills
Skills are hand and hand with experience. These are tools you possess that are either inborn or learned. They will help you complete the job with little investment from the employer. For example, the performance displayed on a simple coding project will matter more to an employer than what you college diploma says to them. You may have majored in dance, but your skills as a computer coding expert through your experience with a summer internship makes you more attractive than someone else that may have majored in computer science, but bring nothing to the table as far as experience.
Passion
Passion is an enthusiasm for the work that cannot be taught or learned at college. It is something that is reflected in your work and will usually show an employer an employee that will perform at the highest level possible if hired for a position.
A passion for a field or industry can typically be reflected or conveyed during an interview process and spotted and identified regardless of what your college major says.
A college degree cannot be discounted for employment opportunities or getting your foot in the door. However, what your college major was isn’t as important as these others things listed. Employers want the best of the best and the cream of the crop. Our current economy makes it necessary for you to display yourself as such to acquire the position you want.
Almost 9 out of 10 people in the work force are in a field or industry that they didn’t go to college for. This may be due to the fact that our economy necessitates many people take positions that may not necessarily want, but need. It can also say that experience, skills and passion are more important than what your diploma makes you out to be.
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