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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look at job placement statisitics for undergraduate business majors ---many have a job lined up before they graduate.
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Yep. Until I see job postings seeking classics majors, I am skeptical of this article. [/quote]

Classics majors are probably better prepared for the business world than business majors.[/quote]

Oh phleeeeeze. For years I have read quotes from CEOs who say, "we want liberal arts majors because they have been trained to critically think". And who do they hire? Accounting, finance, and engineering grads. The only exception are graduates of places like Harvard, which 99.9% of students don't attend.[/quote]

And yet the data shows otherwise.[/quote]

If you look at job postings for higher level positions in companies that involve the business/financial side of things, you most certainly see in the vast majority of postings things like, "finance, accounting or economics degree strongly preferred." Engineering is often added for firms that involve a lot of technology or manufacturing. I have been doing a research project that requires collecting job postings for senior professionals and have looked at thousands postings in the past year. Very few do not specify preferred degrees in a business domain. For an entry level job, perhaps a "classics" major will be fine. But it's simply not true that a classics major is better prepared for advanced financial work and their external opportunities when trying to move up in the ranks will be reduced.[/quote]

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