Some good articles for Liberal Arts Grads

The hours are ticking down now until my dissertation has to be sent off to a printer to be encased in hardcover and then FedEx-ed off to Malta.  I'm busy rewriting important sections, reading more on human capital theory, re-analyzing quantitative data and fixing footnotes.  To be honest, I'd rather be doing nearly anything else.

But in just a couple days I'll be done with it forever and I can't wait!

In the meantime, I just read two fantastic articles about using liberal arts degrees (e.g. not business) to get jobs after college. 

One of the things I'm going to focus on in the upcoming weeks is how getting a liberal arts degree can be a good decision for graduates.  I know that many young students (and especially their parents) worry that if they get a degree in the wrong subject, it could make it hard to get a job later.  I know some parents (like my father) worry even when they know that college major isn't the only thing employers look for in job applicants!

Making The Liberal Arts Degree Pay Off, by headhunter Nick Corcodilos, is about how liberal arts grads can set themselves up to get a professional job, even when they come out of school knowing nothing about the business world. 

Liberal Arts Is Slang For Job Skills, by Michele Menegay Marion, is about her experience getting a job as a French major.  She too insists that a liberal arts degree can be a good move professionally, as long as the graduate takes the time to figure out how to communicate their skills to employers!

So, hope you enjoy those articles!  Wish me luck getting my dissertation to the printers by Friday!

Katie

Comments

[Rico]

Without reading the articles (which I will later, thanks for the links!), I can already say Liberal Arts as a course fosters creativity. And no matter what career you end up in (I took up computer animation but now make a living as a writer, graphic designer, and marketer), being creative is a huge asset.

Whatever career you find yourself in, coming up with new solutions to old problems will go a long way indeed. Sometimes I actually wish I experienced the varied curriculum of Liberal Arts.