Someone asked me the other day why I do what I do, why I work with students, speak on campuses, research and write about the usefulness of the liberal arts in business, why I offer consulting services—all to connect liberal arts students with careers in business. I have two answers to that question: 1) There’s never been…
As companies downsize, ship jobs to far-off lands, and rein in spending, the prospects for employment—not just for liberal arts majors, but for everyone—seem grimmer than usual. Many downsized professionals these days are, as they used to say in the old west, “hanging out a shingle.” The phrase refers to a time when doctors and…
Ah ha! There it is in black-and-white in today’s New York Times. In an article about recruiting for an entry-level position at a national exercise company, hiring manager, Carl Diehl writes “In the ad for the position, I had stated that we were particularly open to graduates in the liberal arts” because the position would…
I don’t ask anymore. I don’t ask that ever-popular question liberal arts students hear so often they can’t stand it anymore: “What do you plan to do with your degree?” A student emailed me this recently: “My pet peeve is people who ask me—all the time!—‘Are you planning to be a teacher?’ And…
