Hands up if you think that this sl*t deserves to get slapped.
Dude, you're erite rah. Will your peers with average results be able to get offers so easily?
most wtf post i have read this week
Sigh. I knew this would be controversial. With respect, all that I was trying to do was to provide an empirical basis for advancing my argument that
your choice of major/discipline that you specialize in is the predominant factor in determining your job opportunities, not market conditions, not your grades, not your CCAs, not your internships, and not your other "personality" factors.
You may choose to agree or disagree with me. What I was attempting to do was to provide an alternative analysis vis-à-vis other forumers.
Correct me if I am wrong, but abc suggested that as a general rule, market conditions determine job opportunities
for all jobs (quote: "across majors"). To me, this may be an over-generalization in light of numerous exceptions where labour is perennially undersupplied.
Agravaine suggested that it is "the person and not the major" that determines job opportunities. But surely, for the average student who has little to distinguish himself from the rest, market conditions for
specific jobs do matter insofar as their job opportunities are concerned?
At the end of the day (having repeated this over and over again), unless you are applying for a job that will accept any general degree, your job opportunities are strongly contingent on the specific market conditions of the particular field you are intending to enter into. Hence, the degree you choose to read is of critical importance.
Would I have the same opportunities if I had achieved identical grades in a finance degree or a life science degree? The answer is patently no. Not when you have so many candidates fighting for the same job. Not when the markets for those jobs are clearly saturated.
So, to those of you readers who opine that "your major doesn't matter" because "any degree will do", think twice.