Career and life planning resources for college students, recent grads, and career-changers.
Many liberal arts majors have plans to pursue a graduate degree to improve their chances of landing a job. But which graduate programs are best for those with a liberal arts degree? Graduates should focus on programs that don’t require a large number of specific courses (such as science or engineering), but rather programs that…
When thinking of the most marketable college degrees, the liberal arts may not come to mind. But there are many career opportunities for graduates with degrees that fall under the broad category of liberal arts and sciences. Not surprisingly, the science and math degrees offer the most lucrative opportunities and translate most easily to “real…
In articles about increasing student loan debt, graduates with liberal arts degrees are criticized for not picking a more practical major. For many poor and middle-class students, liberal arts degrees seem like a frivolous path because they don’t connect directly to specific careers. With rising college costs and higher expectations from entry-level employers, a liberal…
on line pharmacy Tobias Higbie via Compfight An economics degree provides a good foundation of knowledge that can be applied in many industries, including insurance carriers and non-profit institutions. As an economics major, you will learn to make business decisions by analyzing financial and business data. Economics graduates enjoy more career flexibility that many other…
I’ve written about good career choices for liberal arts majors, including history, English, and psychology majors. In this post I’ll write about some minors to complement a liberal arts major and why they make good choices. Employers like well-rounded applicants, and having a liberal arts major along with a technical or business minor will…