choosing between accounting and marketing

Pros the accounting track: Once you gain a few years of experience and do ok, you will almost always be able to find a job anywhere ...it may not pay huge, but then again if you do a really good job, it could pay very well.

Cons: the work can be tedious and stressful... it can be hard to stay awake, and the first year or so most people feel very stupid...and if you don't have a good boss/mentor/trainer, you won't learn what you need to learn as fast as someone who does.

Pros to marketing: if you sell well, you will make more money and there will be much less stress involved... but selling is of course a riskier career than accounting... if you're not in sales, but in more of a general marketing path, ... to be honest I don't know what to tell you.. I haven't done that, so maybe I should just leave it at that.

I too am an accounting major, and have had the privilege of working as a marketing assistant with a young international franchisor. Deciding which career to pick really depends on your personality. Also, I can guarantee that marketing majors are a dime a dozen and do not land lucrative jobs easily. If you are an extreme people person, go into marketing. You will have better luck in that field.