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 Re: When is enough enough?
Author: David Peacham 
Date:   2004-03-12 13:37

Brandon - places of higher education may not care, but employers will.

I can't speak for the music business nor for the USA, but I know a bit about graduate recruitment in the UK, and I'd guess Oz is more similar to the UK than to the USA.

Prospective employers look askance at people who have changed college and/or course. They see it as evidence that you have no staying power, that you will run away from adversity. You may think this is unfair, but it is the way it is. I have watched my wife, who is a professional recruiter, reading c.v.s. She doesn't have an hour to spend on each one, looking beneath the surface, trying to understand what might make that person tick. If she sees one thing on a c.v. that she doesn't like, it's rejected. With hundreds of c.v.s for one job, that's just the way it has to be.

LeWhite, if you think your career won't be in music, what you need to do is to get a respectable degree that will impress a prospective employer. An employer won't care whether you were the best clarinet player in your college, or whether you are tone deaf with two left thumbs. He'll care whether or not you can knuckle down and do a job of work, even if you don't enjoy every minute of it. He'll also care whether you get on with people, can organise, can give presentations, can write coherently... plenty of other areas where you can build your capabilities now, regardless of the subject of your degree.

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If there are so many people on this board unwilling or unable to have a civil and balanced discussion about important issues, then I shan't bother to post here any more.

To the great relief of many of you, no doubt.
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