Great Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors

by Blythe Camenson

A liberal arts degree offers abundant job possibities! You've worked hard for that liberal arts degree. Now what? Sometimes the choice of careers can seem endless; the most difficult part of a job search is narrowing down your options. Great Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors will help you choose the right career out of the myriad possibilities at your disposal. It provides detailed profiles of careers in your field along with the basic skills necessary to begin a focused job search. You'll soon be on the fast track to landing a job that satisfies your personal, professional, and practical needs. Great Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors will help

192 pages, Paperback

First published May 2, 1997

Reviews

[Shant · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5 stars. This book is probably more helpful the younger you are. I disliked how sections like government and nonprofits were just skipped, and how each section didn't have interviews with people in the business. Also, the most important part of each section, how to get into a field, was usually vague (Yes an internship would help, but how would you go about getting one?) or omitted. The resources at the end of each chapter might be helpful.

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

As may be evident from the time that it took me to read this book, I was never really gripped to the advise that it had for finding jobs as a Liberal Arts Major or Liberal Arts student. It mentioned a lot of the general comments & advantages of a Liberal Arts education that Liberal Arts students were fed from the time they researched where to go to college as a high school student. Nevertheless, this book still does give some concrete exercises for self examination as that plays into finding the right job for each person after undergrad. It mentions in detail the vast variety of grad school & career options that apply to Liberal Arts Majors/students within their area of specialization and/or major. It's also a great brainstorming tool for Liberal Arts students & graduates. In retrospect, I wish I had discovered this book while I was still in undergrad & preparing for the working world. Not 12.5 yrs into the working world. Still, it does mention the commonality of career changes for each person in today's working world. I highly advise this book for current Liberal Arts students, perspective ones or recent grads. Some of its advise may be a bit outdated with how quick the working world has changed in the past 15 years (written in 2002). It still has several valid & applicable job ideas & suggestions for Liberal Arts students/majors.

[Aaron · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this for a class on professionalism for liberal arts majors. The most valuable part of it was the section on all the different possible careers with necessary skills and qualifications. It gives lists of helpful resources for the specific jobs as well as testimonies from people in the fields.

[Kara Merry · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was an amazing book for my needs-I am so embaressed to reveal that.