Would a company know if you lied about what your original major was? (I switched majors)
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Sorry my grammar is redundant on the background check sentence btw I forgot to re-read this
First thing, take a big deep breath and then focus. Take some good time to breath, focus and consider why you made the decisions you did. Be very honest with yourself and then form your story. Write it down and understand why it led you to where you are now.
Are you actually interested in real estate? Great, why? Is the only reason you "just switched" to the liberal arts major REALLY because it was "too late" to do RE/Fin? If not, what was the real motivation? If so, that's okay. Then...what was that Liberal Arts major? Does it relate to RE? How?
I do not do hiring interviews but I have experience with admissions interviews; we know when you're lying. I think you need to be honest with yourself in order to impress an employer and succeed. BUT, I need a yin to my yang. Someone get in here and tell this kid to LIE LIE LIE until he gets this job.
"When you feel life out of focus, always return to basic of life: breathing" - Miyagi
Why not just omit the issue altogether and only put the year you graduated on your resume? I don't see how this would come up otherwise.
Although honestly, saying you switched majors because you weren't enjoying econ and you heard from credible sources that it wasn't very useful in getting a job doesn't sound bad to me. I don't think anyone will press you beyond that.
Ok thank you. My resume does just say the year I graduated. My only concern is when people are like "so you graduated in May," I have to tell them the truth since they can easily check that with the background check. If people are just like "so you graduated in 2015" then I have no issue.
Dude, you're overthinking all of this. Not a big deal on changing your major or your GPA (your thread count is higher than nice sheets). You want to do real estate, it isn't rocket science none of us are splitting the atom and a lot of people had too much fun in college, you aren't unique there. Sure you aren't going to start out at Blackstone, but no one is really going to give you a hard time about any of this. If alums are meeting with you, then they want to help you and won't be turning up their noses at you. People in this business want to help you, because every single one of them had somebody that helped them network or get jobs, and you get to benefit from that. Quit worrying about shit you can't fix and go get out there.
Just list the major you actually graduated with. I know real estate execs with majors in English, History, etc. Mine was Poli Sci. No one cares.
Don't lie.
Make it part of your story. "I tried out a bunch of different things but nothing clicked. Then I found real estate."
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