a wast of time to find a career ouside one's major?

[Melissa_dwl]

i jsut got a job that has little to do with what i've learned,but somehow i find that a total disconnection between one's major and one's job is a huge waste of both time and resource.I'm so confused if i should do the job or not. if it's true that many college graduates would end up with a professions that is not based on their major, is there anything wrong of our education system?

[andy hughes]

There is a current discussion that a number of degree courses do not prepare the students who graduate from them for any suitable profession - the major culprit singled out is Media Studies. Your deggree will always indicate a level of intelligence and ability to assimilate information which may make you qualified for your profession, even if it is not what you trained for initially. If you feel you can only be happpy by pursuing the career path for which you trained, then you should aim to gain employment within that area, but if, as in many cases, you are oblidged to work in a different skill area in order to find employment, you need to make the necessary adjustment to allow yourself to enjoy what you do. Education is never wasted - you can always pay the bills while you work towards your original aim. It may take several generations before the education system adapts - the people at 'the top' are unlikely to instigate changes which will see them and like-minded academics out of a job!