Getting A Good Job

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The value of a liberal arts education is that it is an education that teaches all different topics and makes you be a thinker not just someone who can memorize facts. You have to take classes in many different subjects that make you think how different things work. In the article Liberal Arts and the Work Place by Tim Hall he says “virtually all employers concluded that "a candidate's demonstrated capacity to think critically, communicate clearly, and solve complex problems is more important than their undergraduate major." The ability to think innovatively, not just to recite yesterday's knowledge, now ranks near the top of the qualities sought by employers. The same survey finds that 95 percent of employers give a preference in hiring to college graduates with the capacity for contributing innovation to the workplace.” I think this is exactly why a liberal arts education would be a good thing because it will help you to get a job. The liberal arts degree will give you a way of thinking that employers are looking for and that is a good thing to have. When you get a degree in a specific major you get to have a lot of knowledge about one subject and will be able to get a job doing that thing. But if you have a liberal arts degrees too you will have learned a lot of things about different subjects so you will be a better thinker and more creative which will help you do better at you job. Employers are looking for people who have a degree in the field they are  hiring for but a person who can be a problem solver and a liberal arts degree teaches you how to do that. Having a liberal arts degree will help you get a job and go farther in your career.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timhall/liberal-arts-and-the-work_b_3055433.html