relevance of major?

[Eirene_DGP]

Originally posted by swissmiss04
A lot of general type majors (general music, psychology, art, philosophy) usually have trouble getting jobs after graduation w/o any sort of master's or phd degree. I'm a music therapy major, so assuming that there's an m.t. position open for me after graduation, I'll do that. Otherwise I'll be relegated to teaching piano lessons, getting an orchestra job, etc. But at least I'll be employable.

I recently started working at a group home on weekends and I have found that a lot of people there have unusual degrees considering the type of work they are doing. When I was interviewed for the job with a degree in English, the HR mgr told me the diverse group of backgrounds go well with the territory...